I'd not rush the purchase of the polarized filter. According to the Light book, Ann's PL worked because plastics produce polarized reflections. But unless your polished and shiny metal parts are also painted, they will produce unpolarized reflections and so the polarizing filter will be useless to cut glare. [Pg 45, 3rd edition]
With the money I just saved you, you could buy that book. :-) On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Collin Brendemuehl <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the thoughts. Ann's thought polarizing the light source may > come into play. Certainly a PL on the camera is a minimum. > > This will be my first career-class photo work since my studio effort in 1985. > > Next stop: Looking @ cameras and lenses. We'll start with used equipment. > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
