Robert. You can easily tell if a polariser is linear or circular by looking
through the polariser, from both sides, into mirror. If you can see through
the filter in only one direction then it is circular. Simple!!! Michael.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Swier" <robert.swier@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Post to OM-List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:33 AM
Subject: [OM] E-1 and polarization
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Does the E-1 require a circular polarizer? I've just been testing a
> non circular polarizer with my E-1 for the first time, and it seems
> to work fine. There seems to be no negative effect on the auto
> exposure, the auto focusing, or anything else.
>
> Should I be surprised at this? Or is this well known?
>
> There is a slim possibility that the polarizer is actually circular,
> but I don't think so. Nothing on the package mentions anything about
> it being circular.
>
> Cheers,
> Robert Swier
> Toronto
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