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If they are compatible for some reason my circular polarizer is ruining my shots. I see deep dark blue sky through the lens but after downloading my shots they are all washed out and the sky is almost completely white. Any ideas out there?
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JLC
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That's exactly the kind of polarizer you want.

Sounds like you're simply overexposing the shot, to me.
L. Cressman said:
If they are compatible for some reason my circular polarizer is
ruining my shots. I see deep dark blue sky through the lens but
after downloading my shots they are all washed out and the sky is
almost completely white. Any ideas out there?
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Check the histogram, are you overexposing?
Is your monitor calibrated?
L. Cressman said:
If they are compatible for some reason my circular polarizer is
ruining my shots. I see deep dark blue sky through the lens but
after downloading my shots they are all washed out and the sky is
almost completely white. Any ideas out there?
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JLC
MyWorld Studios - Madison,MS
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The histograms (far as I can tell) show everything all over the map. I had to shoot at ISO400 because the stinkin meter keep telling me I was under. Also, I had changed the camera from where I normally keep it (on partial metering) it was on evaluative, a lot of sky in backgrounds and foreground (focused subjects) appear way to dark while background (sky) appears completely washed out. Sound like just plain bad photograhy? Surely this thing will shoot as well as my F1 film camera - I never had this problem using polarizers.
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JLC
MyWorld Studios - Madison,MS
 
Put the metering on partial, and meter off green grass. That should get you very close to correct.

If you meter the sky, you'll need to open up a stop or two.

Try metering without the polarizer first. Find out what works. Then meter that same way with the polarizer.
L. Cressman said:
The histograms (far as I can tell) show everything all over the
map. I had to shoot at ISO400 because the stinkin meter keep
telling me I was under. Also, I had changed the camera from where I
normally keep it (on partial metering) it was on evaluative, a lot
of sky in backgrounds and foreground (focused subjects) appear way
to dark while background (sky) appears completely washed out. Sound
like just plain bad photograhy? Surely this thing will shoot as
well as my F1 film camera - I never had this problem using
polarizers.
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David-

You think possibly the metering mode killed my shots? It sucks I shot 89 photos and got 2-3 good ones. Dang.

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JLC
MyWorld Studios - Madison,MS
 
Did you shoot RAW? If so, you can salvage them.

I don't see how it could be the polarizer. It really sounds like a metering issue.

But it'd be easier to say if we could see the images and see the histograms.
L. Cressman said:
David-
You think possibly the metering mode killed my shots? It sucks I
shot 89 photos and got 2-3 good ones. Dang.
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That's possible, though the polarizer should help some with that issue.

And the solution (if no GND is used) is to expose for the sky, and bring out the shadows later.

Or if he shot RAW, he may be able to fix the shot using a technique described on FredMiranda's site, and available in BreezeBrowser, I think.
Kevin Duff said:
Sounds like your out of the cameras dynamic range, try a graduated
filter.
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Photography -- just another word for compromise

'Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax it out of business?' -- Will Rogers
 
I have had this camera for about 6-7 weeks and felt like I have not learned it enough yet to graduate to RAW. Maybe it's time as this is a prime example allowing the camera to process my images. I mean dang, they looked awesome through the lens.
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JLC
MyWorld Studios - Madison,MS
 
Not on my calibrated monitor but i would say you are at least half a stop over exposed.
Are the images RAW if so do what DavidP just mentioned, its easy.

Just make 2 negatives from the raw, one exposed for the ground and one exposed for the sky (eg, in C1 LE there is an exposer slider which will fix under/ over exposed images as long as they are not to far out)

Blend them in your editor.

I always aim for slight under exposure with DSLR as it is fixable(up to 2 stops although within 1 stop is better( over exposer is harder as there is quite often just no detail to recover.
L. Cressman said:
Hope this works:
(I reduced it)



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JLC
MyWorld Studios - Madison,MS
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Mr. Cressman:

Sorry to learn of your bad experience. Something is very odd here. I wonder if perhaps you have a linear polarizer and whether that may have caused the problem?

As for myself, I shot several hundred images with both my 10D and 1D, almost all of them outdoors with polarizer, with all kinds of scenes last week, including some high contrast scenes with partial snow etc. Both the 10D and 1D exposed perfectly and I cannot recall a single shot they messed up. Most of these were shot in Av or M (the M ones for panoramas I plan to stich).

Something is not right with your camera or meter, or maybe it's a linear polarizer or something else.

Sorry for the bad experience. That really sucks. I have had some bad experiences with the 10D, where I accidentally adjusted the EC dial to +1 or similar, while moving the AF selector vertically, but none due to Polarizer. Also, there is nothing difficult about shooting RAW and no additional experience is needed... but it's a nice insurance policy for unexpected screw ups, as it is much easier to fix screw up (such as EC) than if the image was recorded in JPG.

Hope you find the source of your problem and a solution to fix your images. Good luck!

Stefan
L. Cressman said:
Hope it makes the trip:



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JLC
MyWorld Studios - Madison,MS
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You all think this is an exposure problem? The sky in the background of the bridge was a beautiful deep dark blue. Now it's all washed out - nearly completely white.



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MyWorld Studios - Madison,MS
 
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