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.
How to select the correct Polarising filter:
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.
Super HMC
These
outstanding filters offer revolutionary performance in light
transmission and color balance. 12 layers of Super Multicoating are
applied to the surfaces of the Skylight 1B and UV(0) models, which
produces an average transmission of 99.7%! Coupled with maximum surface
precision, this allows increased resistance to flare and stunning
images can be recorded at wide apertures without compromising the
performance of your lenses. Our ultra thin Circular Polarising filters
have seven layers of Multicoating applied to their rear surface to
eliminate internal reflections and ghosting. Advanced thin selective
film is used to guarantee perfectly polarised light with neutral color
balance. Their slim profile of just 5mm avoids any vignetting problems
and makes them ideal for use with wide angle lenses. There is no front
female thread, but they do accept our push-on lens caps. HOYA Super HMC
filters will appeal to the most demanding of photographers who require
the ultimate in performance.