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Capture Stunning Photos with Reduced Glare
The Tiffen 55mm Linear Polarizer Filter is an essential tool for outdoor photography, designed to reduce glare and reflections from non-metallic objects and glass surfaces. This filter helps minimize haze, enhancing contrast and color saturation in both color and black-and-white photography. Its optical glass and aluminum construction ensures durability.
This filter can be rotated to achieve the desired polarizing effect, allowing photographers to control reflections and enhance skies. While it has a linear polarizing effect, it's important to note that modern autofocus SLRs often use beam-splitting metering systems that may perform best with circular polarizers. However, for specific applications or older camera bodies, a linear polarizer can be effective.
Imported directly for the Indian market, this Tiffen filter offers a cost-effective way to improve your photography. All customs duties and GST are included in the price. Delivery is handled via ExpressBox, ensuring your order reaches you efficiently.
Enhance Your Outdoor Photography
Capture stunning outdoor images with the Tiffen 55mm Linear Polarizer Filter. This filter is engineered to cut through glare and reflections, making water bodies appear clearer and skies a deeper blue. It also minimizes atmospheric haze, resulting in sharper, more vibrant photographs. Unlike basic filters, Tiffen's optical glass ensures minimal image degradation. For photographers in India, this imported filter provides professional-grade results without the premium price tag of local alternatives. All customs duties and GST are pre-paid, ensuring a transparent final price.
Who It's For vs. Who Should Skip
This linear polarizer is ideal for photographers using older camera bodies or specific manual focus systems where a linear polarizing effect is desired. It's excellent for reducing reflections from non-metallic surfaces and enhancing color saturation. However, if you use a modern DSLR or mirrorless camera with autofocus and advanced metering systems, a circular polarizer (CPL) is generally recommended as it avoids interference with these camera functions. This filter is not water-resistant and should be stored carefully to prevent fungus in humid Indian climates.
Typical situations where Tiffen 55mm Linear Polarizer Filter | Reduces Glare & Reflections helps — illustrative scenarios, not customer reviews.
A photographer in a humid Indian city like Chennai needs to capture clear shots of water bodies or glass structures.
Using the Tiffen 55mm Linear Polarizer reduces surface reflections and glare, allowing details beneath the water or through glass to be seen more clearly. This filter helps achieve impactful outdoor shots by enhancing contrast and color.
A photographer using an older DSLR or manual focus camera wants to reduce haze and deepen blue skies for landscape photography.
The Tiffen 55mm Linear Polarizer minimizes atmospheric haze and can deepen the blue of the sky when rotated correctly. This results in more dramatic and visually appealing landscape images, especially for travel photography.
| Application | Attach to camera lens with 55mm front thread. Rotate outer ring to adjust polarizing effect. |
| Recommended Use | Outdoor photography, reducing glare and haze, enhancing contrast and color saturation. |
| Compatibility | Any camera with a 55mm lens thread. |
| Cost per use | 1 filter at ₹3,550 — ₹3,550 per filter |
| Shelf life after opening | 12 months (for optical components) |
| Contraindications | May interfere with autofocus and metering on modern DSLRs/mirrorless cameras; not water-resistant. |
| Allergens / common irritants | None |
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| Feature | Tiffen 55mm Linear | Others |
|---|---|---|
| Polarizing Effect | Linear polarization; reduces glare & haze | Varies; some offer circular polarization for AF/metering compatibility |
| Material | Optical Glass and Aluminum Frame | Often glass or resin; frame material varies |
| Coating | No Coating | May offer single or multi-coating |
| Camera Compatibility | Works with 55mm lenses; may affect AF/metering on modern bodies | Circular polarizers generally recommended for modern AF cameras |
| SKU | ses5081 |
| GTIN | 00049383030907 |
| Brand | Tiffen |
| Model Number | 55POL |
| Filter Type | Linear Polarizer |
| Thread Size | 55 mm (2.17 inches) |
| Material | Optical Glass, Aluminum |
| Coating | No Coating |
| Color | Clear |
| Dimensions | 55 x 55 x 2.54 mm (2.17 x 2.17 x 0.1 inches) |
| Weight | 0.05 kg (0.11 lbs) |
| Country of Origin | Not stated by manufacturer — US retail version, sourced from authorized US retailers and authorized brand partners |
About Tiffen
Tiffen is a renowned brand in camera filters, known for providing optical quality and enhancing photographic results for professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Compliance & Legal
No product-specific compliance warnings identified. Standard imported-goods terms apply: customs duties & GST paid; for personal use in India; follow the manufacturer's usage instructions on the packaging.
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