You don't have to worry with the OM-20 (G).
The semi-soilvered mirrors on the 2SP, 3(T) and 4(T) have the effect of
polarizing the light passing through them. If you use a linear polarizer,
that will do the same, and if the two polarizations are at 90 dges to one
another, the meter will think it isd very dark indeed - until the mirror
flips out of the way. SO the "interference" is only with the pre-exposure
viewfinder indication.
Piers
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Subject: [OM] Linear vs. Circular polarizer
Since I have a manual focus camera & lenses I take it that I can use a
linear polarizer. But I've heard that a linear polarizer *may* interfere
with the meter. In essence: linear polarising filters can sometimes
interact with semi-silvered mirrors or prisms to split the light entering
the viewfinder in order to calculate exposure. Is this something I need to
be concerned about with my OM-G (20)?
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