How To Use Circular Polarizer Filters to Control Light Reflections on Cars

This has been my most challenging video to make. The topic is nuanced! There's no One Answer that solves everything, and even if there were, it would still be hard to describe, because a CPL filter doesn't have an indicator on it, or a setting that you can reference.

I almost called this "Circular Polarizers and Cars: Here’s What We Know," to make light of how abstract and hard to articulate this can be. But instead, I've combined many examples, and all my experience, and tried to put together a coherent and thorough video on this topic. I am hopeful that my efforts to put this into words will help you understand CPLs a little better, and enable you to take better photos with them.

0:00 Intro
1:51 What is a CPL Filter?
2:58 When Reflections are Bad
3:55 The Good Reflections
5:48 In Practice
7:06 When Not to Use a CPL Filter
8:15 Every Situation is Different
9:23 Outro

Some stuff used in this video (commissions earned):
B+W 77mm Master Circular Polarizer MRC Nano Glass Filter: https://amzn.to/3XQ4Ykb
Nikon Z 6 II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera Body w/NIKKOR Z 24-70mm https://amzn.to/34lWB9B
Nikon Z 7 FX-Format Mirrorless Camera Body https://amzn.to/3SGYPVR
NIKON NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S Telephoto Zoom Lens https://amzn.to/3P1FT24

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