Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-25 Thread David J Brooks
Siders Dave On 6/25/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "mike wilson" > Subject: RE: Polarisers and digital photography > > > > > I'll pray for no rain so that you get the full experience. I&#

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "mike wilson" Subject: RE: Polarisers and digital photography > I'll pray for no rain so that you get the full experience. I'm afraid > I've only got kittens or spiders for sacrifice. Any preference? > Kittens. Willi

RE: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-25 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/06/24 Sun PM 08:39:24 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" > Subject: RE: Polarisers and digital photography > > Could be, but don't they all go in VW Campers? I know Kate '

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Kenneth Waller
A polarizer is my most/normally only filter I use. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Polarisers and digital photography >I made the mistake of not asking the list about polorizers before my > Vegas trip

RE: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Bob W
ED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 24 June 2007 23:54 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Polarisers and digital photography > > Luckily for you, they are pretend Druids, so you do not have > to be worried about being burned in a wicker ca

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread ann sanfedele
Cotty wrote: > > >>>On 24/6/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>> >>> >>> I've actually been dogging it too much since I got back from GFM >>>I knew you were a bit of an exhibitionist Ann ;-) >>> >>> >>> >>hmmm I think this expression may have d

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Cotty
>>On 24/6/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >> >>>I've actually been dogging it too much since I got back from >>>GFM >>> >>> >> >>I knew you were a bit of an exhibitionist Ann ;-) >> >> >> >hmmm I think this expression may have different meanings on different >sides

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread graywolf
he next and will no > doubt be really up for it, Wicker-Man-wise. I think I'll have to make > a long weekend of it. > > -- > Bob > > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of mike wilson >&g

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread ann sanfedele
Cotty wrote: >On 24/6/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >>I've actually been dogging it too much since I got back from >>GFM >> >> > >I knew you were a bit of an exhibitionist Ann ;-) > > > hmmm I think this expression may have different meanings on different sides of

RE: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Bob W
t. -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of mike wilson > Sent: 24 June 2007 21:10 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Polarisers and digital photography > > Bob W wrote: > > > I'm o

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: > I'm off to West Dorset tomorrow for another few days of pootling about > on my bike, doing day rides from a fixed point this time, and > returning on Friday. Just a thought. You are ominously close to Glastonbury. Maybe that's why there is no accommodation? > > I'm going to ta

RE: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Bob W
; To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Polarisers and digital photography > > Bob W wrote: > > >Thanks. The Olympus lenses don't rotate, and nor do (most of?) my > >Contax lenses, so I'm used to that. The mistake I make most > often (and > >this

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Cotty
On 24/6/07, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: > I've actually been dogging it too much since I got back from >GFM I knew you were a bit of an exhibitionist Ann ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com __

RE: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Bob W
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Peter Lacus > Sent: 24 June 2007 12:37 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Polarisers and digital photography > > Bob, > > > I'm going to take a polariser, probably. I haven't used a > polariser in > >

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread ann sanfedele
t reading. > >-- > Bob > > > That's why God made "chimping" :) ann > > >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of ann sanfedele >>Sent: 24 June 2007 15:33 >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

RE: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Bob W
ginal Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of ann sanfedele > Sent: 24 June 2007 15:33 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Polarisers and digital photography > > Yeah - remember the lens doesn't rotate - so you don't have &g

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread ann sanfedele
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Well, some modern lenses do rotate the front element and ring, others >don't, same for old lenses adapted to the 4/3 System mount. > greek to me - fortunately it sounds like something I don't need to know lol! ann > All the >ones I'm using don't, thankfully. > > >An

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Well, some modern lenses do rotate the front element and ring, others don't, same for old lenses adapted to the 4/3 System mount. All the ones I'm using don't, thankfully. Ann, there's too much madness going on here right now, I am not going to get to Manhattan at all this trip. I could writ

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread ann sanfedele
Yeah - remember the lens doesn't rotate - so you don't have to adjust the polarizer every time you re focus as long as your point of view is the same and the light doesn't change. I'm embarrassed to tell you how long it took me to figure that one out :) Hmmm I guess that wouldn't be true if yo

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 24, 2007, at 3:02 AM, Bob W wrote: > I'm going to take a polariser, probably. I haven't used a polariser in > digital photography before. Is there anything I particularly need to > look out for, or be aware of? I use B+W and Contax circular > polarisers, which are neutral in colour and good

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread David J Brooks
I made the mistake of not asking the list about polorizers before my Vegas trip and the Valley of Fire tour. I thought i still had to have a histogram up to the right, as one would normally. The pictures i took prior to adding a lot of plus EV look fine, histogram from the left to about mid way r

Re: Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Peter Lacus
Bob, > I'm going to take a polariser, probably. I haven't used a polariser in > digital photography before. Is there anything I particularly need to > look out for, or be aware of? I use B+W and Contax circular > polarisers, which are neutral in colour and good quality, but if > there's anything i

Polarisers and digital photography

2007-06-24 Thread Bob W
I'm off to West Dorset tomorrow for another few days of pootling about on my bike, doing day rides from a fixed point this time, and returning on Friday. I'm going to take a polariser, probably. I haven't used a polariser in digital photography before. Is there anything I particularly need to loo