Produce exciting, realistic images that contain the full contrast of the scene, in a single exposure, right in the camera. Singh-Ray pioneered these filters with legendary landscape photographer Galen Rowell. While they have since been copied by virtually every filter manufacturer, our Rowell grads remain the industry standard for optical quality and color fidelity.
Photographing Wildlife with Filters
I have a large selection of various Singh-Ray filters. Filters, to me, are about controlling light. When we think of using filters, most of us are thinking landscape photography. It just so happens that controlling light with filters is equally important when photographing wildlife. I use two filters when photographing wildlife: the Singh-Ray Polarizing Filter and the Hi-Lux Filter. Both have their value in different situations and both are necessary to optimize the image quality. There are two types of …
LB “Lighter, Brighter” Neutral Circular Polarizers (CPL Filter)
Singh-Ray LB Neutral Polarizers deliver the best optical resolution and color fidelity of any polarizer on the market. Our LB polarizer also brings 2/3-stop more light to your viewfinder, making it easier to compose and focus accurately in early morning and late afternoon light. If you prefer the slightly cooler tone of a traditional polarizer, this is the one for you.
Hi-Lux™ Protective Warming UV Filters
Hi-Lux filters are tough protective filters. And, unlike any other protective filter on the market, they are made from the same quality glass used by NASA, so there will be absolutely no loss in sharpness or image quality, no matter what lens you’re using.
Tips for using your Mor-Slo™ 5-stop solid neutral density filter
Editor’s note: This post is a little different from our regular feature articles by leading photographers using Singh-Ray filters. Instead, it is a response to numerous inquiries we’ve received for tips on using solid neutral density filters, arguably one of today’s most popular creative tools for photographers. Singh-Ray pioneered the development of these filters and now offers a choice of 5-, 10-, 15- and 20-stops. We’re often asked, “Which should I have in my bag?” but that clearly depends on …
Why do you still use filters? Why not just bracket?
My grandmother still handwrites letters. My mother still makes all her desserts from scratch. When we make pasta, I still grate the cheese by hand. I also use filters when I take photos. What do all of these things have to do with one another? I’ll tell you. I’ve used filters for most of my twenty years in photography. A Singh-Ray polarizer was the first filter I ever purchased, once I saw how it enhanced images, and provided some much …
Shoot Better Black & White with Singh-Ray Filters
More and more digital shooters are discovering how they can create dramatic, impactful black & white images with a variety of Singh-Ray filters, including the Mor-Slo, Vari-ND, Color Intensifier, Gold-N-Blue Polarizer, ColorCombo Polarizer and Graduated NDs. Here’s what some pro photographers have said regarding the use of Singh-Ray Filters for black & white photography… Cole Thompson Black & White Photography w/ Vari-ND & Mor-Slo “To create my long exposure images, I use a Singh-Ray Vari-ND filter and stack a second …
Why Singh-Ray
Why buy Singh-Ray over less expensive filters? All filters are not the same. Many of the differences are obvious in both image and product quality, while others are more subtle. Singh-Ray uses the highest quality optical glass, comparable to that used by NASA, combined with our proprietary design and finishing. We use the same optical resin used in the finest prescription eyeglass lenses. Each of our filters is handcrafted and inspected here in the U.S. The result is a level …
Protecting your lens and all its sharpness
When travelling around the globe, National Geographic photographer Nevada Wier is always prepared for whatever comes. To capture these two images, for example, she had to adjust quickly. “It was high noon in tropical Myanmar,” Nevada explains, “as I went inside the deep, cool shade of a monastery nestled in the hills of Maurk-U. There were a number of monks chanting on wooden benches. Another monk was meditating under a mosquito net. Although it was blazing sun outside, inside it was dim …
Graduated Neutral Density Filters by Galen Rowell
It’s still difficult to believe that our friend Galen Rowell and his wife Barbara are gone, since his work continues to live on in so many books, magazines, calendars and in our mind’s eye, and he still is such a presence in the lives of his friends, family and photographers everywhere. Galen wrote this column for Outdoor Photographer in 1992 when not many photographers were familiar with Graduated Neutral Density filters, and it provides an interesting perspective and insight into …
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