can Circular Polarizers be used?

[juggler]

Can Circular Polarizers be used on the Canonets? Will it cause any problem with the metering?
Or should we use Linear Polarizers?

Thanks!

 

[Sonnar Brian]

This will not cause any problems. Circular Polarizers are fine if you have one. If buying one, the linear polarizers are cheaper.

 

[zuikologist]

Is there any easy way to use a polariser on an RF? I have only really used one as an ND filter in the past.

 

[zuikologist]

Brian - sorry, I should look at the old threads first! So, I need two polarisers...

 

[pvdhaar]

I don't know whether it's just coincidence, or whether there's a fundamental reason for it, but for the polarisers I've seen, the linear ones have a stronger effect than the circular ones. Maybe the grating size is smaller or so, or the layer that turns the polarised light into unpolarised light again takes something away from it, I don't know.

I'd go for linear polarisers if you're not anticipating using them on AF-(d)SLRs.

 

[Byuphoto]

I don't know whether it's just coincidence, or whether there's a fundamental reason for it, but for the polarisers I've seen, the linear ones have a stronger effect than the circular ones. Maybe the grating size is smaller or so, or the layer that turns the polarised light into unpolarised light again takes something away from it, I don't know.

I'd go for linear polarisers if you're not anticipating using them on AF-(d)SLRs.

I have been coming to the same conclusion. I could not find my linear, one day, so I used a circular and the effect was just not the same. I ran a test afterwards with several different manual focus lenses and all acted the same. They respond better to linear