Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:47 PM 12/4/97 -0500, you wrote: >People: > >>From what I understand, 19mm is too wide for a polarizer. Specifically, >because the angle of view is so wide, the field of view will not be >evenly polarized due to, as I understand it, differing angles to the sun >across the picture. Actually, the light travels through the filter at such an oblique angle, that the refraction causes distortion and a decrease in image quality. But you are right too. Polarization couldn't be even with that wide a view. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch The secret of the universe is @*&^^^ NO CARRIER