You can use the linear polarizer - only the readout is incorrect, the exposure will be OK. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 17. huhtikuuta 2002 5:50 Aihe: Re: linear polarizer and LX meter >You need a circular polarizer. > >Mike Ignatiev wrote: >> >> I was playing with a linear polarizer filter on LX and have noticed one >> funny thing: the meter seems to show opposite to what i'd expect: when the >> viewfinder gets brighter, it shows *less* light and vice versa. I guess I >> could explain this by the fact that whatever gets to the sensor becomes >> partially cancelled on its way by the wrong polarization direction. The >> question is, is the built-in meter useless in this situation? And if yes, >> how one is supposed to guess the exposure, since the density of the filter >> depends on its orientation? Or am I missing something? > >-- >Shel Belinkoff >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ >http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html >- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
