Okay, I think you're seeing the shadow of filter stack. If you put a lot of filters on the lens, you're in effect shrinking the field of view. Do enough of this and you'll lose the corners. Imagine holding a roll of toilet paper in front of the lens so you're seeing just a little round picture through the core. This won't matter at the longer focal lengths because you're only using the center of the image anyway, but it will become more pronounced as the focal length decreases.
The easy solution for now is to remove the skylight when using the polarizer. If you absolutely need to use two or more filters, then consider using larger filters with a step-up ring. You might also want to consider somthing like Cokin filters ( http://cokin.com/ ).
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Is this happening at all focal lengths? Is the shadow in the same place regardless of the light orientation (try taking a picture, then hold the camera upside-down as you point it in the same direction and take another picture).
Thanks for the response. The shadow is most apparent 18-24mm. I took a couple of new shots with change in light orientation and the "shadow" is much more pronounced and shows up in all four corners to different degrees when camera is held upside down.
Bottom line. When I just use the circular polarizer without the skylight 1A the photos are fine. When I just use the skylight filter the photos are fine. The combination is the issue with the extreme wide angle setting - which I use the majority of the time when using a polarizing filter. I never had this problem with my old Nikon and Nikon polarizer filter.
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