Can't a polarising filter be used to enhance reflections instead of
diminishing them, simply by turning the ring 90 degrees?
I use it like that. It enhances rainbows too!
Tom
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Date sent: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:40:42 -0500
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From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> At 12:36 PM 8/25/1999 +0200, Artur you wrote in part:
>
> > My original question was whether POL filter stops enough UV rays or you
> >have to use it combined with a UV filter. Does anybody have an opinion on
> >that?
> >
>
> My experience is that a POL filter will cut UV *haze*, but it will deepen
> shadows where the film picks up UV that you cannot see with your eyes as
> you set up the shot. If you don't care about the shadows, use the the POL
> to your heart's content. If the shadows are significant (always so
> difficult with slide film!), stick with the UV filter. I think it is
> generally regarded as bad technique to use both together (though many a
> photo has been taken that way).
>
> Doris Fang had a good suggestion when discussion of POL filters came up
> about a year ago: shoot brackets with different gradients of polarization.
> I would do this by settling on a basic exposure with full polarization,
> shooting the frame, then switching to manual (if you are using a non-manual
> body) and shooting several shots where you back off the full polarization
> effect.
>
> If I couldn't take both, I'd leave the UV filter at home, although I can't
> imagine not taking both.
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