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08/11/2011 10:19:04 PM · #1 |
Up front: I am not a landscape guy but planning a family trip to Vegas - Canyon e.t.c. (any photo spots or must see throw them out as well).... but I am wondering about polarizers... I know they exist and that I would be looking for circular rather then linear but that's it. I hit google and the result is - er - confusing.
- Thoughts??
- Seems like in a bright desert setting a CP would help for landscape stuff?
- Biggie and I never put anything in front of glass... How expen$ive do I need to go for something that will not hurt the image too badly?
- Multi Coating??
- I know nothing so what else should I think about? |
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08/11/2011 10:24:42 PM · #2 |
You thinking about using this on that 10-22? Fuggedaboutit.. The effect is not even across the sky and hurts the image..
About the only way it would work well is in the Grand Canyon, where you could use 75-80% of the frame for the ground and just a bit of sky, that would be good, actually I think most portrait orientation stuff might work ok on the 10-22... Still, not really advisable.
As far as type / cost? I've got a $40 one, and it works great. Don't know much more than that really, but it wasn't top end, and it works fine. But - as the saying goes - if you can, why not? So sure, if you can afford to drop $100 instead of $50, go for it! The quality difference is there - I remember an article from lensrentals about stacking UV filters, and the difference was pretty obvious when you stack a bunch of the filters and look at them from an angle or take a picture through them... But you're hopefully only using one... :)
ETA: Here's the article..
Message edited by author 2011-08-11 22:26:00. |
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08/11/2011 10:58:31 PM · #3 |
10 tips for the Grand Canyon.
A polarizing filter is a somewhat useful accessory in my camera bag... not used much for landscape images involving the sky. I do use a polarizing filter on scenes with flowing water and vegetation. But, I wouldn't be stopped from making good landscape images if I lost/broke my polarizing filter.
Of more significance... My soft grad ND filter system is essential equipment. I could not successfully photograph western landscapes with sky & clouds without the combination of ND filters and HDR Efex Pro and Viveza2 and SEP2. |
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08/11/2011 11:58:39 PM · #4 |
It's worth noting that Mr Hahn's doing most of his landscape work at a very high altitude(he lives in the Rocky Mountains) and the polarizer is problematic up there; it's REALLY easy to over-polarize the sky into an utterly unrealistic (and unsalvageable) chromatic mess.
But anyway, IMO the primary benefit of the polarizer in landscape work isn't its effect on the sky, but rather how it reduces stray reflections off of surfaces and allows them to show better color saturation and detail, plus that it can render water surfaces semi-transparent to great advantage sometimes.
What Cory says about uneven polarization with the ultrawide is true enough, but it can be fixed easily enough in post if it happens, and it's often only a problem at the wider zooms, mostly not an issue at all at 20mm-22mm zoom.
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08/12/2011 01:44:27 AM · #5 |
It's funny, I use my polarizer mainly when my landscapes involve sky or water. Funny how different people do things differently.
Here's the effect they are talking about at wide angle. This is at about 16mm which is equivalent to your 10mm. It was easily workable in photoshop to wind up with this:
Message edited by author 2011-08-12 01:49:30. |
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08/12/2011 08:04:22 PM · #6 |
Hummm... I might get a 67mm to play around with before getting there - bonus is that fits my 28-75 and 70-200.... Seems it's one of those that some like and others don't. It means finding the orig hood though :-( I replace all my hoods with metal screw in versions and whack the - next size up - cap on the end of the hood. Good ones for the ultra wide are $$, so see if I like the affect first.
I still don't know about the ultra wide for the canyon.... although will take it obviously.
Message edited by author 2011-08-12 20:05:02. |
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