Category: Photography

My Hoya circular polarizer arrived today. UPS put it in the US mail. The 67mm-to-77mm stepup ring arrived today, too.

The polarizer feels well made. It’s a little scary how exposed the glass surface is (it’s not set deep in its ring). But I’ll surely get used to it.

I’ve wanted a circular polarizer for my Nikon DSLRs forever. I even wanted one for my Olympus E-10. But this post from Jeffrey Friedl’s blog pushed me over the edge. The first pic (the table, pizza, glass of water) is all it took. Within about a week, I bought a Hoya 77mm Super Multi Coated Thin (no front threads) Circular Polarizer Filter from Amazon.com, fulfilled by Adorama, for about $85. Its price goes up and down. Right now (less than 12 hours later) it’s $115.95 so I bought it at a good point.

I saw a D200 on craigslist yesterday for $800. Looked like a good deal. I contacted the guy. Nice guy. Said he’d be in town (Ocala) the next day — Saturday, today — around 5pm. So I sold my very new D80 last night on eBay with a one-day auction. It sold today and I went and got the D200. The D200 is fantastic so far. Totally pristine. He’d had it a year and a half and said he bought it from someone else. So I’ll assume it’s about two years old. I’m stoked.