Filter Options to Enhance Your Photography
The Three Must-Have-In-Your-Camera-Bag Filters
UV, Polarizer, and Neutral Density Filters
If you want to go from amateur to professional as a photographer, one of the first moves is to invest in these three filters: UV, polarizer, and graduated neutral density. Each filter has its own purpose and benefit.
UV Filters
UV filters are probably the most purchased filters due to their main purpose of protecting lenses. Is that all they do they do? To better answer this, it’s important to understand more clearly what UV light is.
The visible light spectrum runs from red to violet. Red light has the longest wavelength and violet light has the shortest. Light with a longer wavelength than red is called infrared, and light with a shorter wavelength than violet is called ultraviolet or UV. The truth is, DSLR sensors today are not impacted by UV rays, making the UV filter’s primary role as protection against lens scratches from the elements of Mother Nature. Sand, sea salt, and dirt are concerns when doing landscape photography and it is a lot cheaper to buy a UV filter than a new lens.
Many photographers forgo a lens cap during a photo shoot, relying on the protection of the UV filter and not having to keep putting the lens…
