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Polarizers


I have a Canon AE-1 Program with three lenses: 50mm, 28-85 and 75-300. I'm looking to buying a Polarizing Filter for the 75-300.

For the AE-1 Program, do I need to buy a Circular Polarizer or will just a Linear polarizer suffice?

Would appreciate advice on this.


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October 26, 2000

 

Jon Close
  As I understand it, Circular polarizers are intended for autofocus cameras. A Linear polarizer will confuse the autofocus sensors. You may use a Circular polarizer on both manual-focus and autofocus lenses, but a Linear polarizer should be used only on a manual focus lens.

I'll defer to someone else to explain the physics of this. ;-)


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October 27, 2000

 
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