>At 07:47 AM 9/11/2000 +0000, Dirk wrote:
>>
>>I tried a regular 49mm polarizer + lens hood on my 24/2.8 and got
>>vignetting. I also got blotchy sky colors, since the sky doesn't "polarize"
>>uniformly with a really wide angle lens. I would think that using a higher
>>contrast color slide film like Velvia, E100VS or the like would give you
>>plenty punchy colors with wide angle lenses.
>>
>
>I no longer use a polarizer on < 35mm lenses unless the shot is a vertical
>and not predominantly full of sky or water, although occasionally even that
>is OK as long as you don't "dial in" the full effect. If I shoot with
>polarizer on a wide, I always make at least one shot without for insurance.
>
>Joel Wilcox
>Iowa City, Iowa USA
My favorite polarisers at the moment are a Cokin Pola Blue and an old Nikon
52mm Polariser - warmer than the standard grey type. The Cokin give a very
cool image with only slight polarising and is nice for architecture. Not
usable on a 21mm!
Andrew
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