Thanks for setting me straight, I had not considered the metering aspect in regards to the beam splitter, semi silvered mirror. There is a wealth of information on this group with very experienced and knowlegable persons, I am happy to be able to learn from you all. S -----Original Message----- From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Doug Herr Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:34 AM To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [LRFlex] Re: Polarizer on 1/16/05 9:31 PM, Jim Hemenway at Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Some auto-exposure cameras also require circular polarizers... my Rollei > 6008i for example. > > Jim > > Steven Rosenthal wrote: > >> If I am not mistaken circular polarizers are required only in the case >> of autofocus systems, manual focus lenses can be used with the original >> style polarizers which you may own already. I have used such with a >> variety of manual focus cameras and lenses including Leica R and Minolta >> bodies... in auto exposure mode as well as manual and they worked fine. >> There may be some other asthetic consideration where the circular ones >> are more pleasing photographically, I don't know...opinions? > A circular polarizer should be used with any camera that has a beam-splitter between the light source and the meter cell. Every Leica SLR from the SL to the R9 qualifies because the semi-silvered mirror acts as a beam splitter. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/