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- #83 in Camera Lens Polarizing Filters
Product description
Polarizing filters are used to select which light rays enter your camera lens. They can remove unwanted reflections from non-metallic surfaces such as water or glass and also saturate colors providing better contrast. The effect can be seen through the viewfinder and changed by rotating the filter.Linear polarizers are used with most manual focus cameras and are not recommended for auto-focus cameras.
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Produces deeper skies and minimizes reflections in black-and-white and color photography.
Yevgeni Miroshnichenko
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2024
This filter is very low quality, I bought it for experimenting with cross-polarization, but the effect is very low. When you put two filters one after another you see maybe half stop difference between 0 degrees and 90 degrees offset between them.
Agustín Salavert Girona
Reviewed in Spain on May 30, 2024
Está bien.
Capt. Andy
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2024
Tiffen is the best
mistercat
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2024
Unless your camera has a mirror in the optical path (like a DSL), a linear polarizer generally gives stronger polarization filtering for natural phenomena like sky refraction and sea reflection. Remember to try different degrees of polarization, rather than always going for maximum.
Bruce M. Walker
Reviewed in Canada on April 5, 2023
I got this linear polarizer to use to remove glare while shooting art work. I put linear polarizing film over my strobes and this filter on my lens. When I adjusted the filter to 90 degrees off the direction of the lights, 99% of the glare and glints of light off the brush strokes were completely eliminated.The filter reduces the light by 1.7 stops consistently so it's easy to compensate by increasing the power of the strobes by that amount.I calibrated my shooting with a colour checker swatch card and found that there was a very slight temperature shift; again easily compensated for.The image quality is perfect and I saw no other effects -- or defects -- in the shots I got through it.I'm very happy with this filter and I recommend it and would buy it again.
jackalope
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2022
I use it with my Panasonic G85, works very well and blocks less light than a circular polarizer
Cesar Florencia
Reviewed in Mexico on June 2, 2019
Exelente polarizado
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2019
What can I say that needs to be said about Tiffen the Academy award winning Filter company?Tiffen along with, Heliopan, B+W, Lee, Formatt Hitech are the front runners for the filter industry. This is such a nice lens to have. Fits PERFECT, does the job PERFECT, what more.
Cliente
Reviewed in Italy on April 25, 2016
Polarizzatore di ottima fattura sia il telaietto in alluminio che la lente vera e propria.Svolge egregiamente il suo lavoro e non ho notato una vignettatura particolare.
Avert Inc
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013
I live in a very dusty area and these are great to keep my lenses protected. The polarizing functions work well when I remember to rotate the lens filter. Most of the time I forget, unless I am shooting into water, which I don't do much. Most of my pictures are taken at night and the filters do not seem to block enough light to make a difference in my pictures. Solid quality glass.
Andrew Hammond
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2012
I compared this Tiffen Linear Polarizer to a Cokin Linear Polarizer on my Olympus e-p3. The Tiffen seems to lose about 1.5 stops of light compared to the Cokin which imposed a 2 stop light loss. I had no trouble focusing on high-contrast targets with either polarizer using my e-p3 (it has no mirrors or beam-splitters).Using a third polarizer (threaded for astronomy use), I tested the polarization strength of both using the camera's light meter. Using spot-metering, i hand held the second polarizer at the angle yielding the least light transmission. While using aperture priority mode, i compared the shutter speeds. I found the Tiffen to be 40x weaker than the Cokin. This metering measured number was also confirmed by a substantially weaker ability to cut reflections. On flat surfaces, i was left wanting the Tiffen to cut a bit more glare. On water, the region rendered as transparent was too small for my tastes (even using a 90mm equiv lens).I was curious if this weaker polarization would allow use of wider angles of sky shots (without inducing weird gradients in the sky). In fact, the sky gradients, though still apparent, were indeed more gradual and thus more tolerable. However, the 37mm caused vignetting in the corners on the wide end (28mm equiv) while using the kit lens on the e-p3. The Tiffen's easy to turn filter rim is a bit too long.With regards to color rendering, the Tiffen seemed superior. The Cokin polarizer rendered colors slightly desaturated and slightly warmer than the Tiffen. A very slight vintage look from the Cokin (my Cokin really is vintage, so perhaps i should not be surprised). They were very close, but the Tiffen was definitely better.My recommendations:If you are looking for a polarizer to cut strong reflections/glare, purchase another brand. The effect you will get will be stronger.If you are looking for a polarizer for shots that include a lot of sky (i.e. pushing the wide end of what can use a polarizer for), consider purchasing a Tiffen. You will be happy with the color rendering. I recommend buying a larger filter and using a step-up ring to avoid vignetting at wide focal lengths. For the micro four thirds system, a 52mm size should be large enough, though it would be nice to hear from someone with a 24mm equiv lens to confirm.It is really too bad Tiffen does not sell two linear polarizers, clearly labeled strong and weak or perhaps telephoto and wide. Two stars reflect the failure to label this product as a weak polarizer and the vignetting at wide angles.
Zonker
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2011
The product was received promptly and in great condition. It was easy to install on the lens and it's fit and finish were great. The pictures on my digital camera improved tremendously during daylight hours and I'm very pleased with the results.
Happy D
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2010
I have both this and a circular polarizing filter. And both appear to work fine with my D60 even with auto focus and setting it to an automated (child or sports for example) setting. I might be missing something, but the photos look great with both filters.
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