Will different polarized filters leave different colored tints in photos?

9 years 3 days ago #436390 by MM Images
Another photographer was telling me yesterday that I need to watch out what polarized filter I use because many will leave different tints in my photos.  I thought he was talking about 10 stop filters, but he clarified polarized filters.  I was surprised because these are generally at best 2 stops right?  So I can't image there being that much of tints left behind.

Have you experienced this, which polarized filters if that being the case give you close to '0' tints?


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9 years 3 days ago #436412 by Chris Briggs
If they do, it will be minor 


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9 years 3 days ago - 9 years 3 days ago #436416 by effron
Quality "polarizers" will not be a problem with color casts.....:unsure:

Why so serious?
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9 years 2 days ago #436493 by garyrhook
:agree:


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9 years 2 days ago #436541 by Overread
If you buy a $5 polarized filter from China, you can bet you will get some sort of color cast going on.


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9 years 2 days ago #436552 by tganiats
I have never bought a cheap polarized filter; I have bought moderate-priced.  Never seen a problem.  It "should" be grey, so there will be no color cast.  


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9 years 2 days ago #436628 by Cory J
Same here, I was told there are a few things you don't skimp on with photography.  Tripod is one, and filters is the second.  


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9 years 2 days ago #436650 by Roy Wilson
I'm sure, just look at the 10 stop filters.  This is where you can see evidence of such color casting greater

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9 years 1 day ago #436825 by Joves
And the consensus on PT is your friend is wrong. The only difference I ever see in polarizers is their density between manufacturers. Granted if you go cheap it can happen, but that is true for any filter you buy, not just polarizers. 


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9 years 1 day ago #436831 by Shadowfixer1
I have never had a polarizer leave a tint to an image. I did however just purchase a cheap Tiffen 10 Stop ND filter and for color images it removes all green colors and replaces them with and orange/brownish color. The other colors appear to be unaffected. The resulting color image almost looks like a color infra red image. I bought it mostly for B&W so it's no big deal and worth the 25 bucks I paid for it. 
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9 years 13 hours ago #436883 by ThatNikonGuy
:rofl: Reminds me of this filter set my neighbor bought from eBay last year for $18.  There were 3 filters he got :rofl:   Need I say more?! OMG, they were the worst, if memory is correct one of these simply fell apart while he was trying to screw it on his lens.  But the color casting was horrible with these. 


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9 years 12 hours ago #436891 by Shadowfixer1
Here is an example of what I'm talking about.

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9 years 9 hours ago #436901 by JaneK
You definitely don't want to buy cheap filters, I tried when I first got started and it was junk 


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8 years 11 months ago #437108 by MM Images
Thanks, I feel smarter and more informed now  ;)


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8 years 11 months ago #437217 by Alan Nunez
I have never seen a polarizing filter leave a tint.


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