Hoya SPARKLE 4X Camera protection filter 8.2 cm 024066070784

Creative filter to create a moderately sized fairytale-like 4-cross pattern on point light sources in your photo.

A SPARK INSIDE OF US
Imagine spending a warm spring night with your friends around a campfire going with your date to a festive illuminated park during a cold winter evening or watching a raindrop calmly running down a flower after a summer storm. These scenes create a special feeling of coziness and ease a feeling that flickers like a warm spark inside of us.

We have created this filter to give us the chance to show this feeling of warmth in our photo. The filter is designed to create moderately sized light beams from light sources while gently enhancing them letting them appear like tiny sparks and creating a warm and joyful atmosphere just like the feeling inside of us. Get to know the HOYA SPARKLE.

THE SPARKLE EFFECT
Conventional cross filters may appear with overly long light beams cluttering and totally overloading your photos. Rather than letting the cross effect take over your photo the HOYA SPARKLE aims to create a joyful atmosphere subtly through creating only moderately sized light beams. While doing so the light sources themselves are also being gently enhanced creating a perfect balance between strength of the light source and length of the light beams.

Light sources can be anything such as stars light reflecting on water or sunrays breaking through the crown of a tree.

HOYA SPARKLE IN ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
The HOYA SPARKLE 4X is a filter that absolutely shines (literally) in night sky photography. Through taking the light sources of brighter stars and converting them into 4-pointed stars the SPARKLE series creates a simply beautiful and mesmerizing effect in your photos creating a new standard for astrophotography.

PERSONALIZE YOUR PHOTOS FURTHER
CHOOSE YOUR PATTERN
The SPARKLE series consists of the SPARKLE 4X and the SPARKLE 6X creating a four-cross pattern and six-cross pattern respectively. Try out both!

SOFT EFFECT
In the absence of strong light sources in the composition the HOYA SPARKLE produces a soft effect in your image creating a dreamy atmosphere. This is especially recommended for portrait flower and landscape photography. You can further strengthen the soft effect through increasing the focal length towards the telephoto end!

ROTATABLE FRONT FRAME
Through turning the front frame you can change the angle of the cross pattern. This gives you the ability to always choose the perfect angle personalizing your photos even further!

GET THE BEST RESULTS!
- The cross effect appears from single point sources. Other forms of light sources e.g. cylinder shaped light like from fluorescent lamps will not produce an effect. There are also cases in which large light sources prevent the cross effect from appearing clearly. In these situations try to move further away from the interfering light source and try shooting again.
- The strength of the light source the focal distance and the