Re: Circular Polarizers, A Filter You Need

Actually I should add that the camera manual will often specify whether 
a circ. pol. is needed with a particular model. If not, tech sup****t or 
the sup****t pages on their web site should be able to tell you.

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/
Blog  http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
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Wayne J. Cosshall wrote:
> Both polarizers work the same way, just the circular has a second layer 
> to depolarize the resulting light. The polarizing part does the same 
> thing, so there should be no difference, all other things being equal. 
> However there are different materials used and so they can vary 
> significantly between brands and even within brands if the manufacturer 
> has changed process.
> 
> Some cameras will be more sensitive to linear polarization than others, 
> but if you were buying now it is probably not worth the risk and just 
> get a circular one.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wayne
> 
> Wayne J. Cosshall
> Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/
> Blog  http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
> Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography
> http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com
> Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/
> 
> 
> 
> Fat Sam wrote:
>> Wayne J. Cosshall wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I've written the first of a series of articles on the use of real
>>> camera filters with digital photography. The first is on the circular
>>> polarizer filter:
>>> http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=1063
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>
>> I have a circular and a linear polariser. I was told that I would be 
>> better to use the circular polariser on my digital camera, as it would 
>> give better results.
>> But I've used both the linear and the circular polarisers on my 
>> digital and I honestly can't see any difference in the results when I 
>> compare the two.
>>