Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What I was looking for actually, Mark, was consistent, proper exposure. You remind me of the advantages of polarizers, though. I haven't use one in decades. I may have to add one back into to my arsenal. As you say, mustn't lose the sparkly water, though. That would never do. Never used a circular polarizer before, either. Could be interesting. Regards, Dick On Jul 02, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > For what you are looking for I'd put a polarizing filter on. > Not using it at full strength - otherwise it can make such water > shots quite > boring. (why take all the dazzle out?) - lead like. > > To me the main thing is sky control. Keeping the sky down. All kinds > of ways > of doing that in B&W. But with color and or digital about the only > way is a > polarizer. A circular one. Circles are great. > Old Leica glass was made for polarizer use with neat turner built > into the > lens shade. > That's R glass which does not concern us any more as they are on the > way > out. > Use of a polarizers is such fun you're really hands on in real time > controlling the look of an image on the groundglass. > And in the print the effect seems even more worthwhile than you > thought it > was going to be. > > > > mark@rabinergroup.com > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:51:15 -0400 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Are UV Filters Needed for Proper Exposure on the Water? >> [was Re: >> [Leica] Ah! Back to the Great Filter Dispute!] >> >> Yesterday I checked exposure with and without the UV filter I use on >> my lenses when shooting on the water. The subject was a sailboat on >> Buzzards Bay on a bright but hazy day. (The typical Buzzards Bay >> smokey southwester had filled in.) This is a situation ripe with UV. >> >> The exposure with and without the filter was the same to the accuracy >> I can measure it in Lightroom. So, the Nikkor 70-200 mm, f2.8 zoom >> with 1.4 teleconverter does not need a UV filter to expose properly >> on >> my D300 as Henning had predicted. Presumably, this is also true of >> other modern Nikkors. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> On Jun 26, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Richard Taylor wrote: >> >>> I'm referring to modern Nikkors in this case. I haven't tried it >>> with the Nikkors but my GRD2 underexposes by a a stop to a stop and >>> a half out on the water. If I remember to do it, I'll try the >>> lenses with and without the filters to see if there is a difference >>> when I'm down on the Cape this weekend. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dick >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 26, 2008, at 12:42 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: >>> >>>> At 10:42 AM -0400 6/26/08, Richard Taylor wrote: >>>>> Working from boats and at the seashore I find that a UV filter >>>>> reduces the tendency towards underexposure caused by all that open >>>>> sky. It also keeps salty spray off the front element. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Dick >>>>> >>>> >>>> Richard, >>>> >>>> Under your shooting circumstances putting a protective filter on >>>> makes sense, as salt spray doesn't help any equipment, and can be a >>>> pain to get off. >>>> >>>> On the other hand on the topic of a UV filter reducing the tendency >>>> to overexposure: I don't believe you....if you are using a Leica >>>> lens produced in the last 30 years. All Leica lenses have a UV >>>> blocking function built in. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> * Henning J. Wulff >>>> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >>>> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >>>> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information