Re: [Leica] Polarizing effect and M6

["Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net>]

Mark,
Leitz made a swing out polarizer that clamped to 39mm lenses.  They way I
use it is to clamp it to the lens so that when the polarizer and  the
built-in lens shade are swung away from the lens 180 degrees it stops in
front of the viewfinder.  Rotating the filter in front of the viewfinder
will show you the effects of the filter.  When you have selected the degree
of filtration you desire, you simply swing the filter back over the lens and
take your shot.

If you have an M5 or M6 you simply meter through the lens after you have
chosen the rotation of the filter.  Metering with an MR-4 meter is a bit
more tricky but you essentially  choose to have the filter stop in front of
the meter when it's swung out 180 degrees.  You stop the filter in front of
the viewfinder to select the effects of the filter and then continue on so
that the filter is in front of the meter to select the correct exposure.
The obvious problem with this arrangement is that you will not have exactly
the effect you expect but it'll be close and the meter reading will be
correct.

I'm sorry for the windy response.
Bud Cook
- -----Original Message-----
From: MRitter465 <MRitter465@aol.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 7:56 PM
Subject: [Leica] Polarizing effect and M6


>New to Leicas and rangefinders.....
>
>How does one judge the effect of the polarizer with a rangefinder camera
like
>the M series?  With an SLR, the effects are obviously viewed through the
lens.
>
>Mark
>
>