In your message dated: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:37:26 EST you write:
>
>
>On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, R. Lee Hawkins wrote:
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>> My mileage certainly did. Just after getting my OM-4, I went on a trip
>> to Chile. I dutifully spot-metered about 750f my shots using a linear
>> polarizer. Almost every one of those shots was 1-3 stops overexposed,
>> and all are of course irreplaceable.
>
> Geez, Lee...irreplaceable shots, and you did not bracket ? What if the
>processor's chemistry was a bit "hot" that day, temperature or run-wise ?
>Or your shutter fast/slow ?
>What if the emulsion was a bit off ? All of this can and does happen.
>A third of a stop easily can result. When
>it counts, BRACKET!! When it is REALLY important, BLH (bracket like hell)
>and get it on two different cameras/rolls. Do not send them all in at the
>same time. Wait to see how the first set comes out. If it is E-6 you may
>have the option of doing a clip test & pushing/pulling it.
Yeah, yeah, I know. But the fact that I've *never* had either of those
things happen to me made me complacent. And in the end, it was the
linear polarizer that was the problem, not anything else...
--Lee
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