Re: [OM] RF polarisers

[andrew fildes]

The original Leica PL used a flipover approach - very pricey used and 
still not 'snapshotty'.
Easy ways -
A) Judge the amount of effect by turning and watching the effect on 
the metering. No preview but you can bracket.
b) Match two Polas - a good one for the lens and a cheap one attached 
to a flash shoe. Calibrate both to maximum polarisation and mark them 
with white spots or cuts on the rim. Use one in the accessory shoe to 
preview, adjust the one on the lens to match. Kenko threatened to 
make a matched pair like this at one stage - I'm about to make my 
own. It's a slightly more convenient approach than the one below but 
still slow.
AndrewF



> on 8/24/03 6:34 PM, Albert at olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >  I saw a few Leica's on the trail when I was hiking..  How do you
> >  (easily) PL a RF style camera???  Or do you not??  I think my pictures
> >  would have been washed out if not for a PL filter..
> >
> >  I'll post them when I get them developed..
> >
> >  Albert
> If you're a poor RF user, you hold the polarizer up, rotate until you see
> the desired effect, then make note of the orientation. Some polarizers have
> only a dot (or other mark) on the rim, but if you're a smart poor RF user
> you buy one that has letters or numbers around the rim. Notice which
> number/letter is pointing up and then install the polarizer on the lens and
> rotate to the same position. Kind of slow and cumbersome, really.
>
> If you're a rich Le*ca user, you might buy their trick polarizer which has a
> small 'viewing' polarizer linked by a geartrain to the actual filter in
> front of the lens. With the polarizer installed, sight through the viewing
> filter and rotate until the desired effect is seen... the polarizer on the
> lens will be rotated to the correct orientation at the same time. Sight
> through viewfinder and snap picture. (Side question -- is it sacrilege to
> suggest that a Le*ca user 'snaps' a picture...? <g>)
>
> I seem to remember the Le*ca polarizer setup costs a lot, like $200 or so...
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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