Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 1 May 1998, Jim Brick wrote: > The green cast you get is caused by reflected light, reflecting off of the > green foliage. A polarizer does wonders for not letting reflected light > pass through to the film. A polarizer will, therefore, probably solve your > problem without introducing a cast of a different color, such as magenta. > > Jim > Jim-- excuse me if this sounds critical-- it's not meant to be. I'm just confused about the polarizer thing. If polarizers keep out 'reflected light' of the type the makes the face look greenish, how can you take a picture at all considering *everything* is basically just reflected light? I'm not certain how polarizers actually work but I don't think it corrects a green-tinted face. I'll shoot a few frames and see... can anyone explain this to me a bit more? I'm eager to learn why it works... Thanks! Georgette