Posted by Toby on 07/04/06 10:45

"Bill Farnsworth" <bill.farnsworth@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Toby" <zdftokyo@gool.com> wrote:
>> A polarizer isn't going to do you any good at night, except to cut your
>> usable light by about 1.5 stops. You would need a single point source of
>> light for a pol to be effective, at 90 degrees from the source.
>>
>> Toby
>
> No shit kid?
> You gotta think out of the box.
> Never said to roll it all the way in. (was just waiting for someone whose
> never done it to assume otherwise)
> It will decrease some reflection across the lens and that is all I was
> talking about. (I just did about ten minutes ago with a D600 and a Fujinon
> 14x lens)
> It looks like sodium vapor with a little less orange in the blacks. And
> THAT was what I was talking about.

Didn't work for me. I saw some reduction in non-specular reflection from
matte surfaces, but no change in the sky. And 1.5 stops is a heavy price to
pay at night. Actually I might go the other way and pop an Ultracontrast #1
or a Promist on to lighten up the blacks ;-)

Toby

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