LB: Lighter, Brighter.

Singh-Ray LB filters CPL Filter are 2/3 of a stop faster than comparable competitive filters, giving you greater creative flexibility without any sacrifice in performance or impact.

Most of today’s top outdoor photographers still consider a polarizer one of their most essential filters. While software can darken skies, it cannot replicate the drama and impact a high-quality polarizer can produce in the sky. And one of the most important reasons to use a polarizer — to control glare and restore detail, color and saturation to foliage and other reflective surfaces — is something no software can do.

“I keep a Singh-Ray polarizing filter on every lens I own.” ~ Art Wolfe

There’s a reason Art Wolfe uses our LB neutral polarizer — because it delivers 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. For a subtle warmer look, try our LB Warming Polarizer.

“There are very few perfect products in this world, but I think I would throw this one into that category.” ~ E.J. Peiker

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Click for slideshow of the types of photos you could be making with Singh-Ray LB Neutral Polarizer.

QUICK TIPS

• The polarizing effect is most dramatic when you’re shooting side-lit scenes — maximum polarization occurs along an arc 90 degrees to the sun’s axis. Shooting directly into the sun will not polarize the image and may worsen lens flare.
• Uneven sky density may result from high polarization with a wide-angle lens. Dial down the polarizing effect for consistent density.
• If you plan to shoot often with a wide-angle lens, consider the thin-mount version of this filter reduce the possibility of vignetting.
• On overcast days or rainy days, tighten your composition to exclude the sky and use your polarizer to increase color saturation and eliminate highlights and glare on leaves, rocks and water.
• Experiment to learn: turn the polarizer completely when composing an image to see how it affects glare, reflection and saturation — and then dial in the look you like best.
• For dramatic, natural looking images when there’s a brighter sky in your scene, use your polarizer together with our Rowell graduated neutral density filters.
• You can stack other Singh-Ray filters on the LB neutral polarizer. One filter needs to be a standard mount (to reduce thickness, our thin-mount filters do not have front threads).
• The Singh-Ray LB Neutral Circular Polarizer (CPL filter) is one of Vinny’s choices when he shoots mirrorless as well as the Singh-Ray LB Warming Polarizer and the Singh-Ray Hi Lux Filter.