kknox
kknox
Has anyone used a polarizer filter on any of the g lens? I have used them many times on my SLR's. On a rangefinder you can not see which way it should be positioned on the lens before you take the photo, does it matter?
Hi - The polarizer works the same way on the Contax G as on an SLR, only you're not able to see through the lens to assess the effect. One way around this is to mark the outer rim of the filter in several places, then take the filter off, look through it at the scene, and rotate it for the desired effect. Then, noting the positioning marks, place the filter back on the lens in that same orientation and take the shot.
nonot
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Edit: what ^ said.
Yep it matters. Just put a mark on the bezel of your filter, compose my holding the filter up to your eye like a monocle, and then make sure the mark is oriented the same way on the camera lens. Not the quickest solution ever, but it works.
Yep it matters. Just put a mark on the bezel of your filter, compose my holding the filter up to your eye like a monocle, and then make sure the mark is oriented the same way on the camera lens. Not the quickest solution ever, but it works.
Dez
Bodger Extraordinaire
Polarizer on your Contax
Polarizer on your Contax
It's very inconvenient, but possible. You will need to look through the polarizer and rotate it to get the exact effect you want, and then put it on your lens oriented exactly the same way.
Experiment a bit before you use it for anything important, as it might cause problems with the light meter or autofocus. If you have problems like that, find a circular polarizer which will usually eliminate such issues.
I know some RF manufacturers offered special polarizers that would swing up to cover the viewfinder to rotate it properly and then back down for the lens before you take the shot. I have never heard of such a thing for the Contax G's.
Rangefinders are fun, but hardly convenient. For long lenses, macrophotography and filter effects there is nothing like an SLR.
Cheers,
Dez
Polarizer on your Contax
It's very inconvenient, but possible. You will need to look through the polarizer and rotate it to get the exact effect you want, and then put it on your lens oriented exactly the same way.
Experiment a bit before you use it for anything important, as it might cause problems with the light meter or autofocus. If you have problems like that, find a circular polarizer which will usually eliminate such issues.
I know some RF manufacturers offered special polarizers that would swing up to cover the viewfinder to rotate it properly and then back down for the lens before you take the shot. I have never heard of such a thing for the Contax G's.
Rangefinders are fun, but hardly convenient. For long lenses, macrophotography and filter effects there is nothing like an SLR.
Cheers,
Dez
Debusti Paolo
Well-known
i use a b+w kaserman pol filter on my g2 lenses... I just look inside the finder while rotating the filter and when I see exposure time going -1 I know that's @ max polarisation
it's not perfect but it is faster and works!!!
it's not perfect but it is faster and works!!!
Rangefinder 35
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Pol on G glass.
Pol on G glass.
Amen to that. My Heliopan serves me well, too. Though, when I change the angle where the camera points I have to remember to readjust the polarizer. The last of the solutions given in the link above seems to be simple, yet logical. I never thought of that...
Pol on G glass.
Amen to that. My Heliopan serves me well, too. Though, when I change the angle where the camera points I have to remember to readjust the polarizer. The last of the solutions given in the link above seems to be simple, yet logical. I never thought of that...
ferider
Veteran
Never used a Contax. But I assume there is a lightmeter in the finder ? If yes, just turn the Polarizer until it transmits the least light. Works on my M6, at least for increased landscape color contrast.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
The simple trick is to align another (wasted or cheap) polarizer to identical position and mark both - then you can that one as your viewing polarizer and leave the good one on the lens.