Polarizing Filter

Polarizing filters enhance color and contrast reproduction. Reflected light often appears as a whitish glare that overshadows the colors in an image. A polarizing filter resolves this issue and creates deep blue, dramatic skies. It also removes glare from non-metallic surfaces such as windows and water. Overall color saturation, especially outdoors, can be significantly improved.

Polarizer/Circular Polarizer

• Essential all-round color filter for outdoor use
• Produces deeper skies and minimizes reflections in black and white and color photography
• Combine a polarizer with a Red 25 for incredibly dramatic black and white landscapes
• Can be rotated to achieve the desired effect
• Use the Tiffen polarizer with the enhancing filter for more dramatic effects
• Available for wide-angle lenses.

A circular polarizer has the same effect as a polarizer and is used on cameras with refractive metering systems, commonly found in autofocus DSLRs.

Area of the sky that is most effectively polarized with a circular polarizer:
Point your index finger at the sun. Extend your thumb at a right angle (90°) and rotate it around the axis of your index finger. It indicates the area of the deepest blue from horizon to horizon.