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

03/31/2005 09:11:28 PM · #1

My beach wedding I'm shooting tomorrow has had a change of weather! It's now looking like being cloudy with a chance of rain! I was planning on using my polariser whilst at the beach but my question is, should I still use this in cloudy conditions or go without? What would be the best tactic? I am going down this afternoon to do some more test shots because today has become cloudy and wet so it should be the same conditions as tomorrow! Let me hear your views!

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

03/31/2005 09:13:27 PM · #2

It will still reduce glare on water and glass surfaces etc. It won't darken the sky any.

Robt.

nsbca7

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

03/31/2005 09:15:44 PM · #3

Originally posted by bear_music:

It won't darken the sky any.

Why not? Doesn't it depend on the degree of cloudy?

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

03/31/2005 09:20:18 PM · #4

I also have a UV filter that I can use. Would this be just as good to reduce the glare from the water etc?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

03/31/2005 09:22:48 PM · #5

I was presuming total overcast from what she said. If there is any blue showing the filter will affect it. And no, the UV filter does nothing to help with reflected glare.

Robt.

nsbca7

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

03/31/2005 09:37:33 PM · #6

Originally posted by bear_music:

I was presuming total overcast from what she said. If there is any blue showing the filter will affect it.

I don't know how the weather works in Perth, but I know here on the Gulf Coast you have no way of knowing what it will look like in 20 minutes no matter what the weather man says.

Simonjw

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

03/31/2005 09:41:09 PM · #7

I've used a Graduated Neutral Density Filter to help prevent over-exposed skys on overcast days.

03/31/2005 09:44:00 PM · #8

Originally posted by nsbca7:

I don't know how the weather works in Perth, but I know here on the Gulf Coast you have no way of knowing what it will look like in 20 minutes no matter what the weather man says.

Hahaha....the weatherman wouldn't know shite here in Perth! Was 42 degrees last week and today it's 17 degrees! And yes, cloud formations change very quickly! If there is some open sky amongst the clouds I'll throw on the polariser I think. I'm just hoping that with the cloudy sky any water in any shots won't look too dark and grey!

nico_blue

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

03/31/2005 10:30:12 PM · #9

be careful that it doesnt get too dark, i know that polarizers usually bring the f-stop down by 2 stops or something like that. It might be good to also shoot without any filters and then saturate the colors in PS.