Polarizer Filter Worth it?

Barry_Green said:
I know the mantra that everyone hears is "immediately buy a UV filter and put it on and never take it off". Think about it -- you bought a high-def camera with a Leica lens... how exactly do you think forcing it to look at everything through a $10 filter is going to be a good thing?
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That made me laugh. Barry as you know I am 100% with you here.

Back to the PL ... its like AMEX, never leave home without it. But you must be discerning. Put it on, check the image on a HD monitor, take it off, check focus. Seriously a crap PL can be as useful as a tit on a bull.
 
I bought the B+W Filter Polarisation Circular for a shot last week.
And the results turned out okay, since there’s much more chances to bring contrasts etc in the frames.

A few examples, just added some light in photo shop's levels:


This B+W is really well made, but it costs some, but as many have said absolutely worth it..
 
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Drew Ott said:
You can't really polarize in post, because it affects different parts of the image differently.

I think it's a filter that's worth it if you get a high quality one. If you get a crappy one, you might as well not use it.
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Where can you get a high quality filter for the XH A1?
 
Every since Barry Green drew my attention to the fact that cheap UV filters can lower image quality I never shoot indoors with one.
I certainly never shoot talking head close ups.
For exterior shots I still use my Tiffen UV filter.
Byt the way, did anyone every suggest a good quality UV filter?
don't have the time to read all the postings.
 
no, linear polarizers work fine with auto focus on video cameras, i think the auto focus problem used to happen with still cameras & people carried this logic onto video cameras, but in fact linear works the same as circular & saves you some pennies
 
Really, for lens protection, you should use an optical flat. Most are simply optical-quality glass with no AR treatment of any kind. Schneider's do have AR coating on front and back.

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Just to reiterate what everyone else says. I agree that you really only want to use flats or UV filters when dust or debris might come into contact with that coated front element.

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just think of the polarizer as sunglasses (that is actually VERY close to what they are) it doesnt diminish the picture quality, because the picture quality is subjective to each person. They change the look of the picture, but dont add or subtract anything either, sometimes the polarizer will make the picture look "better" and sometimes it will make it look "worse", depends on the person.

I HIGHLY recommend going on youtube and searching for polarizer filter, to see what it does in different situations..
 
I am using an HPX170 with a letus 35mm adapter and Nikon Lenses. Is there a polarizing filter that people could recomend that I could attach to the Nikon lens? If so, could it be used with multiple Nikon lenses? Or would I need to get a mattebox to use a proper polarizing filter?
 
jdkhanlian said:
I am using an HPX170 with a letus 35mm adapter and Nikon Lenses. Is there a polarizing filter that people could recomend that I could attach to the Nikon lens? If so, could it be used with multiple Nikon lenses? Or would I need to get a mattebox to use a proper polarizing filter?
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It depends on the filter threading diameter on your Nikon lenses. You might be able to get adapters if they have slightly different threading diameters.
You don't need a mattebox to use circular filters.
 
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