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Re: [OM] Need for Circular Polarizer?

Subject: Re: [OM] Need for Circular Polarizer?
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:47:41 +0000
At 21:25 1/16/00 , you wrote:
>Am I right in thinking that for all the OM 1,2,3,4 cameras you DON'T need a 
>circular polarizer and a linear filter will do fine?   Are the other 
>Olympus cameras the same: OM-10,PC, or G?

Not so.  Quoted straight from the OM FAQ maintained by R. Lee Hawkins:
  http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/olympus.faq.html
   "B27) What OM cameras can use a linear polarizer?
         Which must have a circular polarizer?
    Due to the semi-silvered mirrors in the OM-{2S, 3(Ti), 4(Ti),
    and PC} you must use a circular polarizer with them, otherwise 
    your exposures will be off by 2-3 stops.  The OM-{1(N), 2(N), 
    10, G, and F) do not have a semi-silvered mirror, and can thus 
    use linear polarizers without any problem."

-- John

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