Are all circular polarizers the same?

The short answer is that both Linear and Circular Polarizers do the same thing. The actual polarization effects such as reducing reflections on glass surfaces, increasing color saturation in foliage, darkening a blue sky are the same with both Linear and Circular polarizers.

Can you use a circular polarizer at night?

When you’re photographing at night, you want to get as much light as possible into your lens. A polarizer is going to reduce the amount of light and force you to use a longer shutter speed or a higher ISO setting. So if you’re shooting in the dark, do yourself a favor and remove the polarizer.

How do you tell if a polarizer is circular or linear?

If the polarizer is linear you should see the same thing that you saw before, but if it is circular it will appear black and you will not see the reflected image of your eye.

How much is a circular polarizer?

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What is a Kasemann polarizer filter?

At Photokina 2014, Schneider Optics introduced new HTC versions of their Kasemann polarizer filters. HTC stands for High Transmission Circular, with the primary benefit being higher light transmittance. B+W’s renowned circular polarizer filters had a filter factor of 4-8x, resulting in a loss of up to 3 f-stops of light.

What is encased b+w polarizer?

B+W also makes a “Kasemann” version of their circular polarizer filter (the XS-Pro line is only available in Kasemann). While you will frequently find “encased” following “Käsemann”, encased is referring to the feature, not the definition of the German word as the direct translation is “cheese-man”.

What is a circular polarizer filter?

What does a circular polarizer filter do? Primarily, a circular polarizer filter cuts glare and reflections, allowing deep, natural colors to show through with great saturation. This effect is perhaps most noticed in blue skies where white clouds will pop from the darkened blue skies.

Are circular polarizers worth it?

Many circular polarizer (and ND) filters impart a color cast to images captured with the filter in place and being color-neutral is a true advantage. In addition to being very color neutral, Breakthrough’s X4 circular polarizers are well-designed, optically excellent and have proven rugged and reliable for me under significant use.