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Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

01/26/2012 01:44:39 PM · #1

I am so bored this winter i am dying to find new subjects to photograph and along comes the auto show!

i plan to go sometime over the next week. any advice on taking pictures of an indoor autoshow? i plan to bring a 24-75/2.8 and a 10-24/3.5-5.6. flash too if needed. not sure if im allowed to bring a tripod but should i even bother trying ti get one before i go or should there be enough light to get by without one? i'm also thinking a flash will produce some undesirable highlights.

jamesgoss

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

01/26/2012 03:26:26 PM · #2

fill flash works well if it's diffused.

I wouldn't think you would need a tripod, but it depends on the venue. don't dont dont dont dont shoot at eye level.

think about taking a polarizing filter to smooth out the window reflections.

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

01/26/2012 04:24:54 PM · #3

never thought about the polarizing filter. I'll have to see if i can get one before i go.

cowboy221977

Canon EOS-60D

01/26/2012 06:27:52 PM · #4

sounds like fun

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/26/2012 07:24:50 PM · #5

Wondering where ya found a 24-75mm f/2.8? LOL...

For the rest of it, those places are well lit and your 60D has decent high-ISO capability, you'll be fine. If you do use the flash, you'll want to be bouncing it where possible. On shots where you use flash, be sure to replicate them without flash also.

scooter97

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

01/26/2012 07:44:50 PM · #6

I'll be at the Car Show Wed.(as long as I don't have jury duty). I'm not bringing a tripod but the Polarizing filter sounds like an interesting idea.

Message edited by author 2012-01-26 19:48:59.

jamesgoss

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

01/27/2012 03:35:55 AM · #7

found this link for you guys. 18s long video of someone rotating their circular polarizer. Definitely a must for any serious car photographer.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojf8p405A70

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

01/27/2012 06:16:41 AM · #8

Originally posted by jamesgoss:

found this link for you guys. 18s long video of someone rotating their circular polarizer. Definitely a must for any serious car photographer.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojf8p405A70

i have a pair of cheap polarized sunglasses and that what life looks like for me when i wear them, lol.

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/27/2012 10:47:47 AM · #9

Originally posted by jamesgoss:

found this link for you guys. 18s long video of someone rotating their circular polarizer. Definitely a must for any serious car photographer.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojf8p405A70

One thing to bear in mind; the polarizing filter only works when the light source itself is polarized to begin with, i.e. the light rays parallel and coherent. So it's of very marginal utility indoors. Also, and i'm honestly not sure exactly why, polarization works well to eliminate reflections from glass and water but a LOT less well on reflections off metal. So, in other words, a polarizer can eliminate glare from the surface of a mirror, but NOT the reflection itself, from the silver backing on the mirror.

R.

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

01/27/2012 10:58:39 AM · #10

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by jamesgoss:
found this link for you guys. 18s long video of someone rotating their circular polarizer. Definitely a must for any serious car photographer.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojf8p405A70

One thing to bear in mind; the polarizing filter only works when the light source itself is polarized to begin with, i.e. the light rays parallel and coherent. So it's of very marginal utility indoors. Also, and i'm honestly not sure exactly why, polarization works well to eliminate reflections from glass and water but a LOT less well on reflections off metal. So, in other words, a polarizer can eliminate glare from the surface of a mirror, but NOT the reflection itself, from the silver backing on the mirror.

R.

its been a while since i had optics... glare is light rays that are all same orientation, a reflection is not. a polarized filter will remove a certain orientation of light rays (which is why rotating it changes the glare removal).

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/27/2012 11:02:56 AM · #11

Originally posted by mike_311:

Yeah, there IS that; I do understand about coherent rays etc. What I'm less clear on is why the polarizer will kill glare of water but not so well off chrome. And why it will kill visible ghost reflections off glass windows, for example, so you can see into a storefront, but not mirror reflections...

R.

01/27/2012 11:49:00 AM · #12

I think it's just as simple as those rays remain scattered after they are reflected.