You can make water look deep and clear. You can make skies look an intense blue. Light transmission is decent. Light transmission is good, reducing the brightness by about 1 to 1. The glass itself is high quality and includes a scratch-resistant coating. It also repels dirt and water. And the polarizer does its job well, cutting down on reflections and helping you capture beautiful scenes of water, foliage, and more.
But for the more serious landscape photographer—especially landscape photographers who are tough on their gear—the price is worth it. The Hoya Alpha will give you reduced reflections for a fantastic price.
First, the glass is absolutely top-notch. Colors are stellar, and image quality is high—which is exactly what you want in a professional-grade polarizing filter. You can easily rotate the front filter element to change the amount of polarization. Want to eliminate reflections? Give this polarizer a quick twist. Want to bring the reflections back? Note that while this polarizer is made by Nikon, you can use it with non-Nikon lenses and get the exact same high-quality effect. But for professional landscape photographers, this Nikon circular polarizer might be your best option.
You can purchase this filter on Amazon. First, the Tiffen circular polarizing filter does a decent job of reducing reflections and saturating skies.
Unfortunately, your image quality will take a hit—sharpness and contrast drop with this Tiffen on your lens. Like competitors in its price range, the Tiffen frame is made out of aluminum, not brass. Andrew Leggett made this shot using neutral density filter, which allows to increase the exposure on 10 stops. To stabilize the camera during long exposure Andrew used a tripod. Torres del Paine National Park Chile. ND neutral density filter allowed to increase the exposure on 10 f-stops.
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This is particularly useful when photographing a body of water, such as a river, lake or the sea. Polarizers enable cameras to capture the view under the water's surface, giving users the ability to see underwater details such as plant and aquatic wildlife.
Meanwhile, the best polarizing filters are also a great way to give your colors an extra boost. We particularly love the way that polarizers can enhance the blues of a bright sunny sky. Plus, they're also a great way to capture a balanced exposure, helping to prevent blown-out highlights or shadows that are too dark. The DHG Super range gets a water and oil-repellent coating, which works well, easily beading away droplets and resisting fingerprints, albeit not quite as well as the Lee Polariser.
Otherwise, optical performance is excellent, with no drop in image sharpness, and no sign of color casts or vignetting. You can forget about fancy glass and coatings though, as water and fingerprints stick to the front element annoyingly well, making it difficult to clean.
This is based around the LEE holder that attaches to your lens via a suitably sized adapter ring. The polarizer then clips to the front of the holder, leaving space for additional square filters to slide in behind.
This system means the polarizer is large at mm in diameter, allowing it to cover numerous different lens diameters. However, the clip-in mechanism is surprisingly difficult to detach again, requiring more squeeze than is comfortable. Another consideration is the combined filter, holder and adapter ring cost, which is significant. But that said, you get what you pay for. This is also easily the best filter for resisting fingerprints and repelling water, with droplets beading away perfectly.
One holds the glass and the other attaches to your lens. So, once the filter is secured to the lens, the front part of the filter will rotate freely. It is this rotation that will allow you control the polarization effect. By looking through your viewfinder or at your screen begin rotating the filter until you get the amount of reflection removal you need. Depending on the lighting conditions the effect may be dramatic or subtle so really pay attention to the details and the areas that are most important to you to control.
Below are examples of common subject where a circular polarizer is used.
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