*- DORIS FANG -* wrote:
>
> On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, R. Lee Hawkins wrote:
>
> > My mileage certainly did. Just after getting my OM-4, I went on a trip
> > to Chile. I dutifully spot-metered about 750f my shots using a linear
> > polarizer. Almost every one of those shots was 1-3 stops overexposed,
> > and all are of course irreplaceable.
>
> Geez, Lee...irreplaceable shots, and you did not bracket ? What if the
> processor's chemistry was a bit "hot" that day, temperature or run-wise ?
> Or your shutter fast/slow ?
> What if the emulsion was a bit off ? All of this can and does happen.
> A third of a stop easily can result. When
> it counts, BRACKET!! When it is REALLY important, BLH (bracket like hell)
> and get it on two different cameras/rolls. Do not send them all in at the
> same time. Wait to see how the first set comes out. If it is E-6 you may
> have the option of doing a clip test & pushing/pulling it.
>
> My advice since that unfortunate
> > episode is "if you are going to use a spot meter, get a circular
> > polarizer, and throw all your linear polarizers away."
>
> Sell them. Lots of people out there who will buy them. Why waste them ?
> Besides, they'll make ideal stocking stuffers for list members with Om-1s.
>
> It really
> > bothers me that people continue to say "awww, you really don't need a
> > circular polarizer." If you are going to use the spot meter, you do.
> > Period. End of discussion!
>
> I agree with Lee, if you're using the in-camera meter, get a circular
> pola screen. Sheesh.
>
> *= Doris Fang =*
>
OK, I have an infamous linear polarizer which I have yet to use. Will it
work with my OM2n ? I would guess so, since it doesn't have the spot
meter.I would also think that a linear polarizer might be a "good" thing
for cameras that can use it because there would be less distortion with
only one piece of glass to go through instead of two? Thanks, John.
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