Thanks. The Olympus lenses don't rotate, and nor do (most of?) my Contax lenses, so I'm used to that. The mistake I make most often (and this is not restricted to digital, obviously) is forgetting the filter factor when I take a manual incident reading.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of ann sanfedele > Sent: 24 June 2007 15:33 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Polarisers and digital photography > > 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. > > > >-- > >Thanks, > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
