CIRCULAR POLARIZING FILTERS
Circular Polarizer
A Circular Polarizer has the same effect as a Polarizer and is used on cameras with beam splitting metering systems commonly found on auto focus SLR’s (for most 35mm auto-focus cameras see your camera manual). The standard Circular Polarizer blocks 1.5 stops of light.
This simple video highlights what happens when rotating a Tiffen Circular Polarizer.
Shot in Yosemite Valley.
Circular Polarizers help add contrast to a scene, while also helping remove reflections and glare.
Tiffen Digital HT Circular Polarizer used on a Canon 5D Mark III
- Essential general-use outdoor color filter
- Produces deeper skies and minimizes reflections in black and white and color photography
- Can be rotated to achieve desired effect
WHY USE A POLARIZER?
Polarizers provide color and contrast enhancement. Reflected light often shows up as whitish glare that washes out color in an image. A Polarizer corrects this problem producing deep, dramatically blue skies. It also removes glare from non-metallic surfaces, such as windows and water. Color saturation in general, especially outdoors, can be improved significantly.
Think of a Polarizer as Sunglasses for your camera.
- Circular Polarizer
- Linear Polarizer
- Warm Polarizer
- Low Light Polarizer
