Hello,
I hate asking silly paranoid technical questions, but one has come
up and I'm feeling obsessive right now. :-)
Next month, I'll be taking a spring break trip to Hawaii. Since
I'm not likely to get down there again any time soon, I'm going
to want to take a lot of pictures, and I want them to come out
well. :-)
Since I'm a poor student right now (hopefully that will change
after this spring when I graduate -- anyone want to hire a bright
electrical engineer / physicist with a master's?) I can't really
invest in much new hardware to bring along. Besides, I have tried
to live by the philosophy of mastering the gear that I have before
I pick up more. I've currently got an OM-1n (with the MD cover!),
SC 50mm/1.4, and an MC 28mm/2.8, and I'll soon have an affordable
(but non-OM) flash thanks to our very own Brian Huber.
The one thing I am thinking about adding is a polarizer to add
saturation and reduce reflections on shots over water.
My question is: is the 28mm wide enough to vignette with an ordinary
tiffen or hoya polarizer stuck on it? Would I be able to mount the
screw-in hood into the polarizer, or would I have to forego the
hood for these shots? Is there any reason to prefer hoya vs. tiffen
for a single coated polarizer (I shouldn't even spring for the
single coated version, and I definitely can't spring for
the more expensive hoya or b+w multicoated filters)
Anyway, I'm going to be putting a film order in to B&H soon, and
I'll probably throw a polarizer on the order unless it's likely
to cause more problems than it solves.
thanks
joey
ps, hmm, given the apparent rarity of the MD covers, maybe I can
exchange it for the telephoto I'd love to have to round out a basic
lens arsenal... Anyone have a 100 or 135 / 2.8 they'd trade for it?
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