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Re: [OM] Wide angle lenses & vignetting

Subject: Re: [OM] Wide angle lenses & vignetting
From: WKato@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:55:52 EST
In a message dated 99-12-02 14:31:41 EST, you write:

> If I throw away the lens shade, buy a 72mm polarizer and use a step-up 
>  ring, will the 19mm vignette?  I got a cheap 72mm polarizer from the 
>  OlympusGuy for my 300 that isn't marked as to linear or circular, but for 
>  the price I've got to assume it's linear.  Is there any way to check short 
>  of underexposing film?
>  

Place the polarizer on a mirror and flip it over.  The linear polarizer will 
be dark either way while the circular will be darkened only on one flip or 
the other. Also you can line up both polarizers together and flip one of 
them. if they are both linear turning either one will cause a total blackout 
whereas the linear one won't in one of its positions.  

As far as vignetting on the 19mm, you can only test it to see as your angle 
of view is about 100 degrees or so and the angles of the step up ring aren't 
much greater than that. You can get some weird effects using polarizers on 
super wide angles though. Because your angle of view is so great, you'll be 
seeing vast expanses of sky that are polarized differently and hald the sky 
will be dark and half light.

Warren

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