I don't know much about using polarizers with SLRs, but light will be
polarized when reflected off a first surface mirror (like on the way to the
pentaprism!). What you see in the viewfinder may not be what the film will
experience. Has anyone studied this?
Jim W
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> From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Sunglasses, Polarizers and Photography
> Date: Saturday, June 20, 1998 3:51 PM
>
>
> Before setting out on my vacation just past, I decided to experiment with
> the polarizing filter I had purchased a couple of years ago. Having
> misplaced my neutral gray sunglasses sometime ago, I purchased a pair
with
> polarized lenses before I left. Big mistake
>
> The problem did not reveal itself till I got back some of my slides. The
> haze that I saw in Zion was definitely eliminated but there was some
rather
> hideously exaggerated color in many of the pics taken with the polarizer.
> It had not been noticed in the viewfinder when I took them even though I
> pop the sunglasses off when taking a picture.
>
> I am writing this just after returning from an extended walk, wearing the
> sunglasses, to the beach on a sunny day. This time I kept pulling the
> glasses down the bridge of my nose and comparing what I saw with and
> without the glasses. It is harder to notice with the glasses because of
the
> tint, but the horribly green foliage and other altered colors were there
in
> spades. On the way back I stopped comparing after a while I became
> accustomed to the appearance of Long Beach through the polarized lenses.
>
> I have reached a couple of conclusions which perhaps most of you have
> already reached.
>
> 1. I think I got so accustomed to seeing things polarized that I did not
> notice how bad things looked through the viewfinder. If you are going to
> look through anything in addition to your own corneas, then that thing
> should be as neutral as possible unless you want an altered visual
> perception to control your picture taking.
>
> 2. Polarizers used without restraint are not suitable for general
landscape
> photography. They may be alright for producing a picture when you are
> trying to achieve an artistic, but thoroughly unnnatural effect.
>
> Any thoughts on the subject?
>
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California
> mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx
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