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Circular vs Linear Polarizer on m4/3 Camera

Started Jun 7, 2016 | Discussions thread
TheEye
TheEye Veteran Member • Posts: 4,883
Re: Circular vs Linear Polarizer on m4/3 Camera

Linear polarizers are a bit more effective than circular polarizers. Considering that polarizer-happy photogs often overdo the effect, it is not a bad thing to use a circular polarizer by default. It will work on any camera.

The highest quality polarizers are environmentally sealed, which prevents the sandwiched polarizer foil from getting damaged due to moisture. These pricey filters are called Käsemann.

Some cameras require circular polarizers for the AF system to work proplery. The manual should say, or you can call technical support.

For use with wide-angle lenses, get slim polarizers. The ones with a thick mount may cause vignetting.

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