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Re: [OM] photographing polished metal- HELP!

Subject: Re: [OM] photographing polished metal- HELP!
From: "Wiliam Wagenaar" <wiliam2@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 14:12:16 +0200
"Giles" <cnocbui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Do you want the good news or the bad news first?
>
>Good news:  Olympus makes a a cross polariser accessory for the T10 ring
>flash specifically for photographing reflective surfaces.  There is a
>polarising filter over the flash and another for the lens.  the light from
>the flash gets polarised and the polarising filter over the lens blocks
>reflections which will have a different polarisation.  At least I think
>thats how it must work.
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I am affraid there is more bad news to add to the good news. I believe
Polarisers can only handle refelections from non-metallic surfaces. I have
no idea however why this is so.


Wiliam Wagenaar,
Middelburg NL


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