----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless" Subject: polarizers, take 2
> Howdy! > > So I'm shopping for a polarizer again. A year or two ago I asked about > polarizers, but I can't find the thread. Anyway, I ended up with a > fairly inexpensive Sunpak 58mm polarizer from the LCS and a few step up > rings for the smaller lenses. Now the 645 needs one. The filter ring > sizes are 58, 67 and 77mm, and I'm leaning toward the same kind of set > up - one polarizer and step up rings. The camera budget is not going to > allow for a polarizer on each lens, a la Charles Braswell. As long as you are very carful about flare, especially veiling flare, you should be fine. > > IIRC, since this is a manual focus system I shouldn't need a circular > polarizer, though it certainly wouldn't hurt. Perhaps a few of you > could make some recommendations on brand, etc., before I buy one. B&H > has a Hoya linear polarizer for about $40US. But anything under $100 > should be fine. I don't know if the 645 uses a beam splitter in the exposure metering system or not. If it does, then consider a circular polarizer. If it doesn't, then a standard polarizer is fine. > > Thanks a bunch! > > BTW, the PUG should be up sometime today. Damn. Missed another one. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
