Re: Circular Polarizers, A Filter You Need- not so- linear vs. circular

In article <1186606975.869385.189210@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 acl <achilleaslazarides@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Aug 9, 12:17 am, Joseph Miller <mil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > After exiting the filter,
> > circularly polarized light will pass though a camera just the same as
> > unpolarized light, in other words, just fine. The critical thing is
that
> > it won't make any difference at what angle you set that first linear
> > polaroid.
> 
> Just to clarify this a bit, the angle of the polaroid filter makes no
> difference as far as the passage through the camera is concerned (ie
> it is not the case that, when it is set to some orientation, the AF
> system, say, will fail). It does make a difference to the
> transmittance, ie it does change the way the scene looks. I imagine
> that this is what you meant, but what you wrote is a bit ambiguous.

Yes, you put it more clearly. I meant as far as light going through the 
camera itself is concerned, it makes no difference at which angle the 
leading polaroid is set.

Joe