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breakthrough dark polarizer 6 stops question
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 11:25 pm
by andre paul
hi there !
anybody her using the breakthrough x4 dark polarizer 6 stops ?
any problems to find the correct polarizing point through the optical viefinder or better using liveview ?
might get one ....
thankyu in advance for any feedback !
andre
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:58 am
by E.J. Peiker
Well basically you are going to give up 6 stops worth of lowlight AF performance. So it just comes down to if your photography can handle that. I am sticking with separate polarizers and ND for now but it is certainly an option as AF systems continue to get better. On something like a D4 or D850 with -4 Ev AF systems it probably won't create too much of a problem but for mirrorless with 0 or -1 Ev capability, it could. Breakthrough has a liberal return policy so give it a try and see if it works for you! Then please report back
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:44 am
by stevenmajor
If you wanted to...could the camera be focused manually before the polarizer was attached? If so, you could learn the maximum polarizing point before it was attached as well...because when a polarizer is attached, it’s lens closest to the camera is always in the same position.
Re:
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:52 am
by andre paul
E.J. Peiker wrote:Well basically you are going to give up 6 stops worth of lowlight AF performance. So it just comes down to if your photography can handle that. I am sticking with separate polarizers and ND for now but it is certainly an option as AF systems continue to get better. On something like a D4 or D850 with -4 Ev AF systems it probably won't create too much of a problem but for mirrorless with 0 or -1 Ev capability, it could. Breakthrough has a liberal return policy so give it a try and see if it works for you! Then please report back
actually i will be in new jersey in march so i will possibly add get this filter in march
i was just wondering about how visible is the polarizer effect through the viewfinder when using this dark polarizer...
i am also adding the 15 stop nd . even though i have the 6 and 10 stop , i think that having a slim 15 stop is still better then stacking ... more practical....and thinner if stacking with other gnd...
thanks for the input !!!!!!!!!!!!
andre
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:54 am
by andre paul
stevenmajor wrote:If you wanted to...could the camera be focused manually before the polarizer was attached? If so, you could learn the maximum polarizing point before it was attached as well...because when a polarizer is attached, it’s lens closest to the camera is always in the same position.
yep,
i was just thinking about polarizing in a dark enviroment.... making this mark should help ....
andre
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:02 pm
by E.J. Peiker
andre paul wrote:E.J. Peiker wrote:Well basically you are going to give up 6 stops worth of lowlight AF performance. So it just comes down to if your photography can handle that. I am sticking with separate polarizers and ND for now but it is certainly an option as AF systems continue to get better. On something like a D4 or D850 with -4 Ev AF systems it probably won't create too much of a problem but for mirrorless with 0 or -1 Ev capability, it could. Breakthrough has a liberal return policy so give it a try and see if it works for you! Then please report back
actually i will be in new jersey in march so i will possibly add get this filter in march
i was just wondering about how visible is the polarizer effect through the viewfinder when using this dark polarizer...
i am also adding the 15 stop nd . even though i have the 6 and 10 stop , i think that having a slim 15 stop is still better then stacking ... more practical....and thinner if stacking with other gnd...
thanks for the input !!!!!!!!!!!!
andre