Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Or-simple both in practice and theory, get the Leitz produced swing-out >polarizer (assuming there is one in your filter size) and the use becomes >self-evident. You get the bluest (correct english?) skies when the sun is at an angle of 90 degrees viz-=E0-viz the camera - subject axis (will probably also give a nice, contrasty rendering of the subject). Be careful with polarizers on wide-angle lenses (21 - 28mm) as their angle of view is so wide that your skies will become a palette of blues from less- to highly saturated, often quite ugly. The areas of the sky that are at your right become dark blue (again, if the sun is at 90 degrees), becoming a less saturated blue as the area of the sky approaches the camera - subject axis. Make also sure that the polarizer is 100% neutral grey (many polarizers add a dirty dark green hue). I like polarizers at times to increase the contrast of Kodachrome images of landscapes. Works quite well. Gerard Captijn, Geneva, Switzerland. E-mail: captyng@vtx.ch Fax: +41 (22) 700 39 28