>From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>On Tue, 4 May 1999, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
>|>> From: aclaudiomolinari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>|>>
>|>> I read that with OM3 it's better to use circular polarizers: is it true?
>|
>|>From: "Tom Trottier" <infoanim@xxxxxx>
>|>
>|>Yes. The OM2s & up need to use circular polarisers...
>|
>|I think "need" is an overstatement here. You can get away with a linear
>|polarizer if you are careful to peak the meter reading with the polarizer...
>
>A circular polarizer is only required for spot metering operations
>which employs the beam splitter.
I think "required" is an overstatement here. :-)
My point is that any problems introduced by linear polarizers are
detectable and correctable at the time you make the picture. If you have a
linear polarizer and don't want to shell out the bucks for a circular one,
you can make do.
: Jan Steinman <mailto:jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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