Using my Circular Polariser Filter for Film Photography. I need to keep this in my bag!
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I really love the photo showing how the red filter and polariser work together! Want to go out and take something similar now
The white dot on the adjustment ring is useful if you don't have an SLR. You can put the polariser in front of your viewfinder, adjust it how you like, and then make sure that the white dot is at the same angle after you've screwed it onto your lens.
When I saw it in the video it struck me that I can make such a white mark on my own polarizer with a white Edding! I used the printing on the side for orientation, but a white mark would be much better. Now I have to search my white Edding (or buy a new one) …
Thanks Matthew.
"Say no to beavers"? What the hell. Beavers rock.
Save a tree, eat a beaver 😅
Say no to people more like!
I think they plan to introduce beavers to that area. Locals don't want them. Don't know why?
I took a photo years ago when I was shooting fuji slide film using 2 stacked circular polarizer. turned them until I could not see any light at all and did a 10 sec shot. The blues of the sky and water were so deep and rich it looked like I photoshopped the saturation. I'll email you the shot. It was scanned and NO adjustments were done. This was how it came right from the camera. Polarizers are great. I have both circular and limear.
I saw the email. Thanks for sharing. Looked amazing!
I have always got a polariser with me. I love them to bits...
I use one a lot when photographing vegetation and trees and such to manage the glare from the leaves
Polarizing the glare from your head 😅 good stuff! Great video, Boss!
I was actually amazed it worked when I watched it back!
Camera's and kebabs what more can a gezza want. 👍 apart from beer 🍺
I have actually got a Negative of the Kebab Shop owners! Yep, I walked in there after a shoot LOL
A CPL is a must in Australia. Aways have CPL filters on my outdoor lenses. The difference between a colour image shot with a CPL v no filter, in many Australian situations, is dramatic.
Great video! This really helped me understand the polarizer filter, I appreciate it. Keep up the good work. 🙂
Thanks Rodger. May I say, your outakes are phenomenal.
Your tutorials are fantastic. Much appreciated.
Thanks :)
CPLs have been a staple in my photography kit since I started in photography and I pretty much exclusively use B+W brand filters for the quality and the coatings that control sun flare and ghosting. They do wonders for controlling glare and reflections for waterfall photography. It removes the glare on the water, increases saturation and contrast in the foliage, and helps to slow my shutter to add some motion blur from the moving water. I quite fancy the dark skies too. Cumulous and cirrus clouds looks incredibly dramatic with a CPL. A note on the white marker: It becomes very useful when using a camera that you can't see through the lens with like TLRs and rangefinders. I'll put the filter up to my eye, rotate until I get the look I want, then take note of the position of the white marker so that when I screw it on my lens, I'll know where to rotate it for the picture. Okay enough of me waffling on. Hope that helps though.
Thanks! I took it to the beach last night but it didn't help much as the light wasn't so intense.
Thanks for this info!
Glad it was helpful!
Here in Oz, the sun can be very strong and burnout sky’s. Always have a polo on for outdoor shooting.
G'day! It's not often we get strong sun and sky. I can imagine you're always using one.
Linear polarising filters are more effective, but circular ones are essential if you're using autofocus lenses. Of course you could switch the lens to manual focus mode. If you're using manual focus lenses anyway, the linear polarising filter is both cheaper and more effective! Win win!
Any specific brands you recommend?
Also screw with the TTL Metering I read. I've never used a Linear one. Thanks for the comment.
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss you use TTL metering? Pff...these young people these days 🙄.... Ikophot is all that one needs...and for range....A medis or watameter is all that one needs.
@@photomukund Ha Ha, not all the time.
A CPL isn't always useful. But it is useful so often, that I rarely ever actually take mine off. If there's one filter I think everyone should have, it's a CPL I would also say if anyone is wanting to get a UV filter, don't waste your money. Get a CPL, instead.
I have UV filters on most of my lenses and hardly have them on. They can play tricks on you sometimes with flares.
I always have on on my lens but I use its effect very rarely. For my kind of pictures (very long exposures) reflections on the water really help to achieve my results. Otherwise, it really helps because it is an effect you can't obtain in the darkroom or while editing on your computer.
I had the same yesterday at the beach at sunset. I took the filter off as I liked the shimmer. The filter made the sea look a bit flat.
I have been using circular pol filters for years. Not so much against glare or reflections. They are great for reducing the dynamic range at higher altitudes and very bright sunlit environments. Even bright sand and limestones come out in better details. Perfect for slides and digital images. Great for any film. Something to contemplate if your are from a country where Mount Nevis is only 1345m, an impressive hill. 😢😂
I'll take your word for it as I doubt I'll be doing any mountain climbing any time this century LOL. (Thanks)
Oh wow that tip about the white mark is awesome! Did not know that, and guess it means you can use it on a rangefinder!
You can use it on a rangey. I did film an example but cut it out. Just look through with your eyes and not the notch position. If there is no notch you can easily make one.
All right Nipper! I’ll keep mine in the bag for family groups to avoid the reflection off my head blowing out the highlights too!!
I use my polarizer quite a bit especially with Velvia 100!
Nipper! LOL. A word I got accustomed to when moving down South. Yeah makes sense to keep one in the bag for a sunny day if you're shooting wedding groups on a sunny day!
Sometimes when I go shooting in a forest like area in the mid day Florida sun the highlights get super blown out due to the wide contrast of the bright sun and shady tree. On black and white film it looks like it’s snowing which in Florida is impossible. Polarizer actually helped by bringing down the suns reflections .
DSLRs need a certain type of polarizer. They need a circular polarizer or else it will screw with the metering and the autofocus and electric options built into the camera. Old school linear polarizing filters are good for fully manual cameras or SLRs of like the 35mm era, but can mess up some very wide angle lenses (I've heard 28mm, but have mostly noticed vingentting myself when I try it). Circular polarizers should work on older gear, but linear won't work on newer gear. FYI to those reading.
Wow, thanks for that info. Never heard that before. I'll have a research! 👍
Great video. I got a polarizer filter for my Nikkormat FTn, but haven't had a chance to use it yet. Now I really want to try it out.
You should. :) Enjoy
just got back from Nice, banged some rolls of Ilford xp2 super through the Olympus OM2n with 28mm lens, with polarising filter and yellow , awaiting their return
Hope they turn out well!
One of the best things about a polarizer that you can adjust "on the fly" is the creative possibilities. Especially when combined with through the lens viewing, such as an SLR.
For example, if you are photographing a shop window, you can change the amount of the street scene that is being reflected.
It is possible to get carried away though, and make the glass totally disappear. That looks weird, especially with cars.
Many times I wish I had it with me at car shows. It's tough to get other car reflections and people out your shots if you want that particular comp
Cheap polarizing filters work the same as expensive ones regarding the effect itself - but coating and some constructive details can make a difference in practice. I go with the medium priced ones with decent mechanical quality and good coating. And I have some old (used) ones, that also work fine.
I have a Pigiron ND 10 stop filter. It was only about £10. It works okay but I imagine a more premium filter would give a better image. I wouldn't know unless I get one though ha ha
Always have a polarizer with me. The only stock I'm careful with is with Ektar 100. The blues become too much intense. It's a personal remark.
Same here, the sky can get out of hand with Ektar 100! I used it for some time, but now I mostly avoid it (use it only if the sky is hazy).
If ya wanna spend some money, the Singh-Ray company makes a Galen Rowell signature model polarizer and warming filter combined but it's over $200. Too rich for me!
I used to use one back in the day to cut out reflections on windows. If you still shoot color, you should check out the warming cp filters. I've been told they are good for shooting fall foliage that's if you could ever find any! I wonder what it'd do to the sky in the infrared BW spectrum? I shoot in infrared and it makes the sky really dark, almost as if when you use the red filter in regular BW's. Cheers!
I've still yet to venture into infrared!
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Beware, it's SCARY! Not really...I think it's available in 120 and 35mm I think wait I don't think I know!
I don’t need to know how it works I just need to know that it works
Any advantage to using a circular polarizer over an older linear polarizer gor film?
Apparently they mess with the focusing and meter reading on SLR's... thats what I read but I have never used one. Only CPL.
It has to do with the mirrors and stuff in a [D]SLR, or a beam splitter in a movie camera (which is a normally partially silvered mirror). The CPL addresses this by having a quarter wave plate behind a linear polariser. A lot of SLRs have a half-silvered mirror, with a second mirror behind it directing light down to the autofocus sensors in the bottom of the body, causing the issues mentioned by @Bill Ward earlier.
As a matter of interest, the reason the computer screen and the LCD panel on the light meter went dark is because the light they emit is polarised, not because of reflected light. You can prove this to yourself by looking at them through a polarising filter in the dark and rotating it. You have to hold a CPL the right way round, as if it's facing the wrong way you won't get the full effect.
How do you calculate exposure with two filters?
The CPL is about 2 stops and the Red is about 3. So if I meter with no filters at say for example f16 at 1/125th I know that when I put the filters on to account for 5 stops. So maybe choose f8 and 1/30th (and use a tripod!)
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss thanks a lot
I wonder if it would be advantageous to use this when shooting slide film. Anyone?
I imagine it would work the same way. I have never shot slide! Have lots in the loft though from the 60s, 70s and 80,s
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss You should shoot some slide film like a boss!
It depends. It can make the sky unnaturally dark when it was already very clear, but it will certainly help with a hazy sky. Avoid with wide-angle shots (below 28 mm FF), it leads to very unnatural looking vignetting to the side where the polarizer is more effective.
@@linusfotograf I gave some away E100 as it was going out of date and knew I wouldn't use it. I have a slide projector as well! LOL
@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I’ve shot slide film from different brands expired in the 90s and 00s with good results. I do really enjoy your bw stuff though so no need I guess ;-)