Polarizer Use?

[WWBrock]

A question about using a Polarizer: Do you have/use a different polarizer for each lens or do you utilize a step-up ring and use the same polarizer for each lens? For example, my 24-70mm uses an 82mm polarizer and my 100-400mm uses a 77mm. Step-up rings seem to be a bit of a hassle, but so would be carrying different size polarizer lenses. Thank you for your ideas!

[MattK]

Hi. For me, step up rings are easier than trying to keep track of different sizes of the filters. 

[Drew_Geraci]

Step-up rings are probably your best bet OR you can use the Sensor clip-in filters and those work amazing too. No need to remove anything, you just leave the filter over your lens and have the ability to swap out any lens with ease. 

[IraBlock]

There is a polarizer from HY Revo Ring that has a spring loaded mount that will fit many different sized lenses. Check it out

[tonygale]

For the lenses I use a lot, I have specific polarizers, for the others I use step up rings

[DonSmith]

My advice, if you have the cash, it to buy a top-line polarizer for each lens. I learned my lesson the hard way years ago when I dropped two $350 Singh-Rays on Yosemite's unforgiving granite...

[FatbeardMedia]

Hey, I use the Polar Pro Summit setup, it's a box with slide filters and a CP. If I am traveling for work and don't want to bring the full setup, I carry an 82MM Polar Pro CP with a 77MM step-up ring. Life is to short to fumble through several pieces of glass on the fly. 🙂

[SkyMakai]

It depends on whether I need to use the hood, and how many different filter thread sizes I have between my lenses.  Fortunately, between all of my lenses, I mostly have 82mm and 77mm.  So, I have bought separate CPL's for those two filter thread sizes.  

The one oddball is the 50mm GM, which I use step up rings for.