Polarizer on an RF camera?

[berci]

Hello Everyone!

How can I use a polarizer filter on my RF camera?

I'd like to buy a multicoated one, but there is no linear which is multi coated, can I use a circular?

Berci

 

[pvdhaar]

What kind of RF?

Some rangefinders have accessory polarizers that consist of two coupled filters, one to go in front of the lens, the other to go in front of the viewfinder window. Easy to use and visualize.

If there's none available, it's a question of first looking through the filter, marking where the effect is strongest, then putting the filter on the lens while keeping the mark on the same location.. cumbersome..

Oh, and you can use a circular one as well as a linear one. (Linear on AF-SLRs doesn't work).

 

[kabkos]

You can also use the polarizers that Leica made for their rangefinder cameras. It consists of a polarizer that swings 180 degrees so that you can look through the cameras viewfinder, adjust the polarizer (which is in front of the viewfinder) and then swing it down in front of the lens. The polarization affect is the same when swung through 180 degrees.

 

[berci]

It's an XPan. I think I'll buy two, and keep one on the lens and use the other to check the effect. Or I'll buy three and have a pair of weird sunglasses made out of the extra two. 🙂

 

[Nikon Bob]

Just a thought, besides being difficult to use a polarizer on an RF there might be another problen using it on a pano shot with lots of sky. I think that you would cover so much sky that you would get a vey uneven polarizing effect much like you would get with a wide angle in regular 35mm use. It might be better to add the polarizer effect in Photo Shop if that is possible.

Bob

 

[DaveP]

Go to your local photo store and get a beat one out of the bargain bin and carry it in your pocket. Use it to site through ,then align the one on the camera. Im still searching for a small one so I can mount it on a tube and make a monocular polarizer out of it.......

 

[rbiemer]

Cant recall just where but someone here(I think) got a small polarizer--27mm or so--and rigged up a thing so he/she could mount it in the accy shoe. Then got one the size for the lens.
To use, turn the small one and then turn the big one to a similar alignment. Most polarizors have a mark(or marks) of some kind on the edge of the filter ring. Kind of akward but ought to work with some practice.
I also seem to remember that Maymia made something for the M6 and 7 cameras that maybe could be used on other cameras?
Rob

 

[xrunningman]

Polarizer on Rangefinders

Polarizer on Rangefinders

Leica's Universal Polarizer can be used on the Xpan as well. Just need to get an Leica adapter for the lens size. I'm doing just that for my XPan II. Otherwise, I've heard that Heliopan has polarizers that have marked locations on the outside of the filter so that you can first check with the eye and then put it in the same position when on the lens. Good luck.

 

[richard_l]

Once in a while it may be worthwhile to go through the bother of using a polarizer with a rangefinder, but if you get the urge to use the polarizer a lot, go dust off the old K1000 (or equivalent). Use the right tool for the job. No point in trying to force a square peg into a round hole.