Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/18

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Subject: RE: Circulars versus linears Polarising filters
From: Chan Eng Suan <engsuan@tp.ac.sg>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 17:09:05 +0800

>The latter measure light that is transmitted through a semi-silvered mirror,
which >does polarize light, and then that light is reflected off
another mirror, which may >also polarize before it gets to the light
sensor. 

See if I get it right, since that light is transmitted TROUGH the
semi-silvered mirror, it will not be polarized?? The reflector of the
Leica-R does not look like glass (?) and it is not polished flat. Can I
say there will not be error in metering with linear pol filter?

Cheers,

Eng-Suan
engsuan@tp.ac.sg
(65)780-5532
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