Exposure with Polarizer

2006-10-08 Thread Doug Franklin
Howdy, folks, I'm still in the process of culling and post processing the nearly 1,000 shots I took at the Petit le Mans last weekend. I'm noticing something that seems strange to me, though, in those shots. As (sort of) implied in the Stuck Filter thread, I had a polarizer on my 400/5.6 all

Re: Exposure with Polarizer

2006-10-08 Thread Mat Maessen
On 10/8/06, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: always. But what I'm seeing in the shots is that all of the ones shot with the polarizer, and the 400/5.6, are much darker than the ones shot with the other lenses /sans/ polarizer. So it's got me wondering if the difference is the polarizer

Re: Exposure with Polarizer

2006-10-08 Thread Doug Franklin
Mat Maessen wrote: Is the polarizer a linear or circular polarizer? If it's a linear polarizer, it's possible that it could be throwing off the metering in the camera. I just invested in a couple of circular polarizers to replace the linear polarizers I was using before I got my *istDS2. I

Re: Exposure with Polarizer

2006-10-08 Thread George Sinos
Doug - are they truly darker or are the colors more saturated? The increased saturation from the polarizer could make them seem darker. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 10/8/06, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, folks, I'm still in the process of culling and post

Re: Exposure with Polarizer

2006-10-08 Thread Doug Franklin
George Sinos wrote: Doug - are they truly darker or are the colors more saturated? The increased saturation from the polarizer could make them seem darker. They look underexposed by a stop or so compared to the shots around them done with the other lenses without polarizer. It's almost like