Heliopan 95mm Slim Mount Wide Angle Circular Polarizer Filter

While polarizing filters are a vital tool for enhancing the quality of both black and white and color photography, the 95mm Slim Mount Wide Angle Circular Polarizer Filter takes this functionality to the next level. These filters are color neutral, expanding your creative possibilities by allowing you to capture images with greater depth and clarity.

Natural light, particularly sunlight, is polarized and possesses high color purity. However, as it passes through the atmosphere, some of it scatters, resulting in a dull gray haze over all colors. This 95mm Slim Mount Wide Angle Circular Polarizer Filter effectively reduces or eliminates this effect, allowing the true colors to reach the film.

Moreover, when light falls at an angle of approximately 35½ onto reflective surfaces such as water, glass, or plastic, it becomes reflected and polarized. This filter, when properly oriented, absorbs these reflections, making water surfaces appear transparent and clouds more saturated.

The light loss of this polarizing filter varies between 1 and 1.5 F stops, which can be manually or automatically corrected depending on your camera type. The filter is constructed with a neutral color foil cemented between two plane parallel glass discs, designed to allow light rays to pass in only one plane.

This 95mm Slim Mount Wide Angle Circular Polarizer Filter is mounted in a calibrated rotating ring, enabling you to easily set the desired position and effect. With an SLR, you can see the result in the finder, while with viewfinder type cameras, you can hold the polarizer in front of your eye and rotate it to see the desired effect.

The filter is equipped with a calibrated rim, making it easy to set the filter to the same position on the lens. If no effect is visible, it indicates that the available light conditions cannot be polarized, and its use is not advisable.

This filter is a circular polarizer, which is required for camera systems where the built-in light measuring system uses light that has passed through the mirror via a beam splitter. The circular polarizer has a second component, a 1/4 wave plate in its construction, which sets the polarized light in rotation and allows it to pass without interruption through the measuring system for accurate measurements.

The 95mm Slim Mount Wide Angle Circular Polarizer Filter is also recommended for use with autofocus lenses in video cameras. However, overheating of the polarizing filter should be avoided to maintain its optimal performance. This filter is a powerful tool for photographers seeking to capture images with enhanced color saturation, contrast, and clarity.