On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Jim Terazawa wrote:
|I use my thinner version circular polarizor on my 24mm/f2 and I do not
|see any vignetting. I believe the angle of the view is 89deg for the
|24mm and 91 or 92deg for the 21mm - not much difference.
Actually, the diagonal angle of view is 84 degrees for the 24mm, and
92 degrees for the 21mm. It's amazing how one can automatically
memorize such trivia when one has combed Zuiko specs a quadrillion
times or thereabouts. :-)
|I do not use C-PL on wide angle lenses as much as normal to telephoto
|because PL filters on wide angle of view is not really effective unless
|I am shooting specific view such as suface of the water or candids in
|confined area.
|
|If you are in US, you can acquire Hoya's new thinner C-PL filter which they
|started to market this past spring. I do not recall what is the name for it.
|I have Kenko brand C-PL filter (which uses Hoya glass - OEM product).
|These thin ones do not have screw threads for stacking filters in the front
|of the filter and also, you cannot put lens caps with tabs with spring.
Isn't the Olympus filters made by Hoya, anyway?
|> I'm successfully using a Hoya UV MC filter. However, a polarizer is thicker.
|> I've not purchased a polarizer yet. I spent to much just
|> acquiring lenes recently.
|>
|> Has anyone tried a Hoya polarizer on this lens?
|>
|> >Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 17:30:43 PDT
|> >From: "Peter Loggie" <peter_loggie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
|> >Subject: Re: [OM] olympus filters with 21mm f2
|> >I understand that the Olympus filters are thinner than those from Hoya
|> >etc. Are normal filters too thick for use with the 21mm f2? If so
|> >are the OM ones suitable, including the circular polariser?ThanksPeter
|>
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