Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/14
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On 13 Mar 97 at 17:07, Steven Blutter wrote:
> The tip here is to play with your polorizer for a while. you will noice
> that the most effect always comes at one point and its direct opposite,
> the polarizor being linear. (there are circulars by B+W, but that wont
> help an M user).
Circulars are no different in effect than linears, a quarter-wave
plate just de-monopolarizes the light after the pol has done its
thing, without changing its effectiveness. They are needed for AF and
AE systems with a semi-reflective (also polarizing) mirror in the light path.
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