Well, some modern lenses do rotate the front element and ring, others don't, same for old lenses adapted to the 4/3 System mount. All the ones I'm using don't, thankfully.
Ann, there's too much madness going on here right now, I am not going to get to Manhattan at all this trip. I could write a book about just this visit... and just might. Sorry to miss you and Amita, but there will be other times. Godfrey On Jun 24, 2007, at 7:32 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > Yeah - remember the lens doesn't rotate - so you don't have to adjust > the polarizer every time you re focus > as long as your point of view is the same and the light doesn't > change. > I'm embarrassed to tell you how long > it took me to figure that one out :) > > Hmmm I guess that wouldn't be true if you are using an old manual lens > on the DSLR though. > > ann > > Bob W wrote: > >> I'm off to West Dorset tomorrow for another few days of pootling >> about >> on my bike, doing day rides from a fixed point this time, and >> returning on Friday. >> >> I'm going to take a polariser, probably. I haven't used a >> polariser in >> digital photography before. Is there anything I particularly need to >> look out for, or be aware of? I use B+W and Contax circular >> polarisers, which are neutral in colour and good quality, but if >> there's anything intrinsically different about using them with >> digital >> compared to film, please let me know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
