Product Description

Light rays which are reflected by any surface become polarized and polarizing filters are used to select which light rays enter your camara lens. Designed to help optimize outdoor picture taking, this filter is among the most popular filters in use. A Circular Polarizing filter has a convenient control that lets you rotate the optics to adjust and reduce reflected light to help obtain the desired effects for your situation. It also helps colors seem more saturated and appear clearer, with improved contrast. This effect is often used to increase the contrast and saturation in blue skies and white clouds. Does not influence the overall color balance of your picture

Product Details

• Brand: Hoya
• Model: 0556
• Dimensions: .10 pounds

Features

• Creates dramatic sky/cloud contrast.
• Saturates colors without changing color balance.
• Mount rotates to control amount of effect.

From the Manufacturer
Light rays which are reflected by any surface become polarised and polarising filters are used to select which light rays enter your camara lens. PL (Linear Polarising) and PL-CIR (Circular Polarising) filters have the same effect, but it is important that you choose the correct version for your camera. They allow you to remove unwanted reflections from non-metallic surfaces such as water, glass etc. They also enable colors to become more saturated and appear clearer, with better contrast. This effect is often used to increase the contrast and saturation in blue skies and white clouds. HOYA's polarising filters do not affect the overall color balance of a shot.

Many of today's cameras use semi-silvered mirrors or prisms to split the light entering the viewfinder in order to calculate exposure and focusing distance. PL (Linear Polarising) filters can sometimes interact with these items to give unpredictable exposure or focusing. So we recommend that you choose a PL-CIR filter unless you have a manual focus camera which has no beam splitter.

Customer Reviews

Good Product
Have always liked polarizing filters and they are great for day shots and scenic items especially with water and sky shots. Hoya to me is one of the better filter makers.

Great polarization filter
This is a great product. Polarizing filters help with bright sunshine situations. I used this filter extensively on a recent vacation. I would recommend it to anyone who takes outdoor pictures.

A necessity for your Canon XT kit lens
It makes blue skies bluer and reflections truer. That's all you need to know. A great value for any photography you'll be doing on a clear day.