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PROfezzion 58 mm CPL, twelve layers

Twelve coating layers on a 58 mm circular polariser for 16 € — from a page whose fourth bullet gives the thread as 52 mm and explains where to check it.

PROfezzion 58 mm circular polariser with its rotating ring and case

PROfezzion 58 mm CPL, twelve layers

Twelve coating layers on a 58 mm circular polariser for 16 € — from a page whose fourth bullet gives the thread as 52 mm and explains where to check it.

Thread size
58 mm in the title — AND 52 mm in the fourth bullet, which says the filter fits any lens with a 52 mm thread. The same bullet then explains, usefully, that the correct size is printed on the lens after a ⌀ symbol. The title and the part number PF-58CPL agree on 58; the bullet is the odd one out, and the ⌀ on the lens settles it
Type
CIRCULAR, in the title and throughout. The hub above treats circular versus linear as the first question: a circular polariser keeps autofocus and metering working on a modern camera, and a linear one does not
Light loss stated
NOT STATED. A polariser costs light — commonly one and a half to two stops — and no page on this shelf publishes the figure. The hub above asks for it in stops, and four filters here leave it out
Coating description
TWELVE layers, multi-coated, in the third bullet, credited with reducing reflection and named for outdoor and landscape work over water, sky and plants. The same count as the maker’s UV filter on this site
Frame thickness
Not published — where the same maker publishes 3 mm on its UV filter. On a polariser the frame is necessarily thicker, because it has to rotate, and that makes the missing figure more significant rather than less
Rotation mechanism
Not described. A polariser is used by turning it, and how the ring turns — knurled, geared, stiff, smooth — is the whole ergonomics of the thing. The 28 € NEEWER on this shelf describes straight knurling and smooth rotation; this page is silent
Amazon reference
B093247YD6 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
6940202350500
  • Twelve multi-coating layers, on named Japanese glass in an aviation-aluminium frame
  • A bullet that explains where the thread size is printed, after the ⌀ symbol
  • The title says 58 mm and the fourth bullet says 52 mm

Best for: A 58 mm lens used over water and foliage, where twelve coating layers for 16 € matter more than a published stop figure.

≈ $16 / £13 / 16 €
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Specifications

Thread size
58 mm in the title — AND 52 mm in the fourth bullet, which says the filter fits any lens with a 52 mm thread. The same bullet then explains, usefully, that the correct size is printed on the lens after a ⌀ symbol. The title and the part number PF-58CPL agree on 58; the bullet is the odd one out, and the ⌀ on the lens settles it
Type
CIRCULAR, in the title and throughout. The hub above treats circular versus linear as the first question: a circular polariser keeps autofocus and metering working on a modern camera, and a linear one does not
Light loss stated
NOT STATED. A polariser costs light — commonly one and a half to two stops — and no page on this shelf publishes the figure. The hub above asks for it in stops, and four filters here leave it out
Coating description
TWELVE layers, multi-coated, in the third bullet, credited with reducing reflection and named for outdoor and landscape work over water, sky and plants. The same count as the maker’s UV filter on this site
Frame thickness
Not published — where the same maker publishes 3 mm on its UV filter. On a polariser the frame is necessarily thicker, because it has to rotate, and that makes the missing figure more significant rather than less
Rotation mechanism
Not described. A polariser is used by turning it, and how the ring turns — knurled, geared, stiff, smooth — is the whole ergonomics of the thing. The 28 € NEEWER on this shelf describes straight knurling and smooth rotation; this page is silent
Amazon reference
B093247YD6 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
6940202350500

On the listing

Five bullets. A CPL filter said to eliminate ultraviolet rays from outdoor shots and to polarise light, removing reflections and raising colour saturation without affecting the overall colour balance; a dramatic improvement to a blue sky with clouds brought out more strongly, with better saturation and contrast; a twelve-layer multi-coating that reduces reflection, named for outdoor and landscape work over water, sky and plants; compatibility with any lens of 52 mm thread, with a note that the correct size can be checked on the lens and normally follows a ⌀ symbol; and a Japanese optical glass and aviation-aluminium frame construction, with a delicate portable filter case supplied.

Twelve layers, for sixteen euros

The same coating count the maker puts on its UV filter. On a polariser the layers matter more, because the filter is already taking light out of the frame on purpose.

Fifty-eight in the title, fifty-two in the fourth bullet

The part number says PF-58CPL. The bullet says 52 mm. The lens barrel settles it, and the same bullet says where to look: after the ⌀ symbol.

The ⌀ symbol, explained

Two pages in this whole catalogue bother to say where the thread size is printed. It is the commonest mistake in buying any screw-in accessory.

What a polariser does that no software can

It sees through a reflection instead of darkening one. The glare off water is either recorded or removed at the moment of exposure.

What sixteen euros does not publish

The stops it costs, the thickness of its frame, or how the ring turns. A filter used by rotating it should describe the rotation.

Availability

About 16 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was last checked.

The American and British Amazon stores carry it too, priced in local currency. Those amounts are deliberately absent from the range above, which reads euro stores only.

Everything in this section is the figure Keepa carried on the day of the last update to this page. Availability and prices shift without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 13 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

More polarising filters

  • NEEWER 67 mm CPL filter showing its knurled rotating ring and case

    NEEWER 67 mm CPL, 99.9 per cent, 30 layers, 5.9 mm

    Thirty coating layers, reflection under 0.1 per cent and a published 5.9 mm magnalium frame — the only polariser here that describes how its ring turns.

    Thread size
    67 mm, in the title and the fifth bullet, supplied with a protective case and a cleaning cloth
    Type
    CIRCULAR, in the title, built on what the first bullet calls an imported polarising film. Circular is what keeps autofocus and metering intact, as the hub above explains
    Light loss stated
    NOT STATED — no figure in stops, as on all four polarisers here. What this page does publish is the other side of the transaction: 99.9 per cent of reflections from non-metallic surfaces eliminated, and a minimum light reflection of under 0.1 per cent off the filter’s own surfaces. Both are real numbers; neither is the exposure penalty the hub above asks for
    Coating description
    THIRTY LAYERS of polarising film on both sides of the filter, in the second and third bullets — the highest count on this shelf — with four properties named: water-repellent, oil-repellent, antistatic and scratch-resistant. The same bullet claims ultraviolet blocking from 300 to 380 nm, which is a stated waveband rather than a vague claim
    Frame thickness
    PUBLISHED, and in two parts: an ultra-thin 5.9 mm frame in MAGNALIUM ALLOY, plus a 3.8 mm front bezel that the fourth bullet says effectively prevents vignetting on wide-angle lenses. The 18 € K&F here is thinner overall at 5.3 mm; this is the only page that separates the frame from the bezel
    Rotation mechanism
    DESCRIBED — alone on this shelf. The fourth bullet gives black anodised threads with precision machining for effortless installation, and straight wheels for smooth rotation. A polariser is operated by turning it, and this is the one page that treats the turning as a specification
    Amazon reference
    B09HGHKN2R (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0191073121478
    • Thirty coating layers, with reflection under 0.1 per cent and a stated 300-380 nm UV band
    • The only description of a rotation mechanism on this shelf
    • No light loss in stops, as everywhere on this shelf

    Best for: A 67 mm lens whose polariser gets turned constantly — landscapes, water, glass — where a smooth ring and a wipeable coating earn the extra 10 €.

    ≈ $26 / £23 / 28 €
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  • K&F Concept 67 mm circular polariser held against a bright sky

    K&F CONCEPT 67 mm CPL, 18 layers, 5.3 mm frame

    Eighteen coating layers in a published 5.3 mm frame — the thinner of the two polariser frames on this shelf, for 18 €.

    Thread size
    67 mm, in the title, with the fifth bullet naming Canon, Nikon, Sony, Samsung and FUJIFILM lenses of that thread
    Type
    CIRCULAR — Zirkularer Polfilter — in the title and the third bullet. The hub above explains why that matters: a circular polariser leaves autofocus and metering intact on a modern body
    Light loss stated
    NOT STATED, as on all four polarisers here. Eighteen layers raise transmission; what the polarising element itself takes out is the figure the hub above asks for, and no page on this shelf gives it
    Coating description
    EIGHTEEN-fold coating on high-grade optical glass, in the third bullet, credited with reducing reflections and holding image quality in difficult light. The highest count on this shelf, matching the same maker’s UV filter
    Frame thickness
    PUBLISHED at 5.3 mm, in the fourth bullet, described as an ultra-slim aluminium frame that prevents vignetting even on wide-angle shots. It is the thinner of the two polariser frames published here — the 28 € NEEWER gives 5.9 mm — and the reason is stated rather than implied
    Rotation mechanism
    Not described. The frame thickness is published and how the ring turns is not
    Amazon reference
    B08HS3ZWYY (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6942052508506
    • Five point three millimetres of frame, published with the reason: no vignetting on a wide lens
    • Eighteen coating layers, the highest count on this shelf
    • No light loss published

    Best for: A wide-angle or standard zoom at 67 mm where the frame has to stay out of the corners of the picture.

    ≈ £23 / 18 €
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  • NiSi True Color CPL filter with its knurled frame and blackened glass edge

    NiSi True Color CPL, 77 mm, 20 layers, Cine Sealed

    A hundred and two euros for a polariser whose coating is sold on colour neutrality and whose glass edges are blackened and sealed against condensation.

    Thread size
    77 mm, in the title — the largest on this shelf, and the size the buying advice above says to standardise on, since a step ring brings it down to everything smaller
    Type
    CIRCULAR, in the title. The hub above puts circular versus linear first for a reason: only the circular kind leaves autofocus and metering working
    Light loss stated
    NOT STATED in stops. The first bullet claims 99.9 per cent of light reflections eliminated — the same figure the 28 € NEEWER here publishes — and the exposure penalty a polariser imposes is absent from all four pages on this shelf
    Coating description
    TWENTY layers, in the third bullet, including an ULTRA-LOW-REFLECTION layer specified at 0.2 PER CENT, with double-sided water- and oil-repellent coatings for easy cleaning and scratch resistance. Fewer layers than the thirty of the NEEWER; the difference on this page is what the coating is claimed to preserve rather than how many there are
    Frame thickness
    NOT PUBLISHED — the one number this page omits, at 102 €. The fifth bullet claims no vignetting even on wide-angle lenses and gives no millimetres, where the 18 € K&F publishes 5.3 mm and the 28 € NEEWER 5.9 mm. What IS named is a matt black interior coating in the second bullet, to absorb stray light inside the frame
    Rotation mechanism
    A KNURLED frame — gerändelter Rahmen — in the fifth bullet, described as giving grip for quick mounting and removal. That is about fitting rather than turning; the 28 € NEEWER here is the page that describes the rotation itself
    Amazon reference
    B09XQXPG3C (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6972949374020
    • A coating sold on colour neutrality, with the yellow cast of other filters named as the problem
    • Cine Sealed blackened glass edges, credited with preventing condensation
    • No frame thickness published, at 102 €

    Best for: Work where the polariser must not tint the image — video graded across shots, or landscape work in mixed light — and where condensation on a cold morning is a real risk.

    ≈ $129 / £95 / 102 €
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Elsewhere in the camera bag

  • VRIG AC-12 magnetic quick release plate in two parts with its sliding lock

    VRIG AC-12, magnetic claw, 40 by 24.5 mm, 50 g

    A magnetic two-part quick release at 14 €, 50 g, with a stated limit no other plate here gives: 400 g, and the page says not to exceed it.

    Profile
    The maker’s own. The first bullet calls it a claw mini quick-release design originally developed by VRIG, and it is not the Arca dovetail — so nothing else in a bag will accept it. The hub above says a proprietary profile is unambiguous within one maker and useless outside it, and that is exactly the trade here
    Length
    40 mm, with the width in the fourth bullet: 40 by 24.5 mm. It is the smallest plate on this shelf, which suits the action cameras it is made for and rules out balancing anything longer
    Screw type and drive
    Two 1/4 inch threads — one in the base, one in the plate — named in the second bullet, and the drive is not published. What the same bullet does describe is the arrangement: the screw plate stays on the action camera, so remounting is a slide rather than a rethread
    Anti-twist provision
    A rubber pad, in the third bullet, described as anti-slip. On a 24.5 mm plate under a 100 g action camera that is adequate; the hub above notes that anti-twist matters most under a long lens, which this plate explicitly refuses to carry
    Stated clamp compatibility
    Its own base, and nothing else. The second bullet describes a two-part system joined by a sliding lock; the third says the 1/4 inch connector also suits a monopod or a monitor. So it interoperates by THREAD rather than by profile — which is a different kind of compatibility, and the honest reading of a proprietary claw
    Material
    ABS and aluminium, in the fifth bullet, described as robust and durable
    Published weight
    50 g, in the fourth bullet, with the dimensions. Five grams heavier than the Rollei pair for a two-part mechanism rather than a single plate
    Amazon reference
    B0DR2NBLB6 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6975150721058
    • A stated load limit of 400 g, with an explicit warning not to exceed it
    • Two parts, so the plate stays on the camera and remounting is a slide
    • A proprietary claw profile, so nothing else in a bag will accept it

    Best for: An action camera moved between a tripod, a grip and a selfie stick several times a day, where one second beats one thread.

    ≈ 14 €
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  • K&F Concept five-in-one reflector with the two handles sewn along its edge

    K&F CONCEPT 5-in-1, 80 cm, two handles, folds to 27 cm

    Twenty-nine euros for an 80 cm disc with two handles sewn on, 90 per cent reflectivity published and a 27 cm folded size — and a page that explains its surfaces by what each does to colour temperature.

    Diameter
    80 cm, in the title. The fourth bullet calls it 32 inches in its heading and then 80 cm or 35 inches in its text — two different conversions of the same disc in one bullet, and 80 cm is 31.5 inches. The intro above ties diameter to how the light wraps, and 80 cm covers a head and shoulders generously or one half of a standing figure
    Shape
    Round, named in the last bullet. The intro above matches round to a face; the 33 € Selens on this shelf is the oval, for a whole standing figure
    Surfaces supplied
    Five, and this page is the only one on the shelf to explain them in colour temperature: gold reflects light of low colour temperature to restore a skin tone, silver light of high colour temperature to correct one, white does not affect colour temperature at all, black blocks and absorbs surplus light, and the translucent centre works as a diffuser. The covers turn over or come off
    Frame construction
    Not named. The third bullet describes a multi-layer textile of polyester fibre with a highly reflective coating — that is the fabric, not the hoop. Only the 33 € Selens on this shelf says what its frame is made of
    Folded size
    27 cm, in the second bullet, which also says it fits into a small storage bag. From 80 cm that is a third, the same ratio as the 8 € Retoo folding 60 cm into 20
    Fabric described
    Multi-layer polyester fibre with a high-reflectivity coating, and 90 per cent reflectivity claimed in the third bullet — a figure two of the four discs here publish. No weight and no denier
    Holder or bracket compatibility
    Both a holder and a hand: the second bullet gives two handles sewn to the side and says it works without a helper, and the last bullet says the disc suits standard sizes and a variety of reflector holders. That bullet also argues that a hanging reflector holds up better outdoors than a standing one, because the wind does not take it
    Amazon reference
    B0CMWLSVK8 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6942052556644
    • Two handles sewn to the edge, so one person can hold and aim it
    • Ninety per cent reflectivity published, and 27 cm folded from 80
    • The fourth bullet calls the same disc 32 inches and 35 inches in consecutive sentences

    Best for: Working alone outdoors, where the disc has to be held and aimed by the same hand that is not holding the camera.

    ≈ $23 / £27 / 29 €
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  • NEEWER RF-110 five-in-one reflector unfolded beside its carry bag

    NEEWER 5-in-1, 110 cm, four ways to hold it

    One hundred and ten centimetres for 32 €, in high-reflectivity nylon, with a sewn-in loop and three other ways to hold it — and no folded size anywhere on the page.

    Diameter
    110 cm, or 43 inches, in the title. That is a surface that covers a standing figure from the waist up, and the intro above explains why the size follows the subject: a disc held close and wide wraps the light, a small one at a distance is only another hard source
    Shape
    Round. A circle of 110 cm behaves differently outdoors from a 60 cm one — it catches wind like a sail, which is the practical limit on a disc this wide
    Surfaces supplied
    Five, in the first bullet: a translucent panel for diffusion inside a reversible sleeve with four colour effects — gold for warm fills, silver for cool clear fills, white for soft neutral fills, black for eliminating excessive reflections. The last bullet itemises it as one diffusion panel plus one four-sided sleeve
    Frame construction
    Not named. The second bullet describes high-reflectivity nylon, which is the fabric; the hoop is never mentioned
    Folded size
    NOT PUBLISHED. The fourth bullet says only that the reflector folds easily into the shape of a disc and comes with a carry bag. Three of the four discs on this shelf publish a packed figure — 20 cm, 27 cm, 40 cm — and this is the one that does not, on the widest disc of the four
    Fabric described
    High-reflectivity nylon, in the second bullet, credited with even scattering and reflection whether the source is a flash, a monolight, a continuous LED or the sun. No percentage, where the 29 € K&F and the 33 € Selens both claim 90 per cent
    Holder or bracket compatibility
    The fullest answer on the shelf, in the third bullet: mount it on a standard holder, hang it from a crossbar, hook it by the built-in loop, or hold it in your hands. The loop is the part that matters — it is sewn in, and it lets a light stand do the holding
    Amazon reference
    B002ZIMEMW (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0701413499497
    • One hundred and ten centimetres, enough to light a standing figure from the waist up
    • Four ways to support it, including a built-in loop and a standard holder
    • No folded size published, on the widest disc of the four here

    Best for: A disc that will spend most of its life on a stand or a crossbar rather than in a hand, lighting whole figures rather than faces.

    ≈ $32 / £21 / 32 €
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All polarising filters