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Help with missing rainbow
On 11/11/2010 9:30 AM, Robert Coe wrote:
I guess the takeaway from this story is, "At the end of a shoot, when you return your camera to grabshot settings, be sure to remove the polarizer!" ;^) Now if only we can remove the polarizing threads from NGs. -- Peter |
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Help with missing rainbow
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"tcroyer" wrote: Given that I can see traces of the rainbow in the landscape mode shots, the information must be there, but I can't figure out the PE8 incantations necessary to bring it out. "Auto Levels" usually works very well on rainbows. -- m-m http://www.mhmyers.com |
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Help with missing rainbow
"Robert Coe" wrote in message
... On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:19:11 -0500, "tcroyer" wrote: : "Giganews" wrote in message : ... : : : "tcroyer" wrote: (clip) When using portrait orientation, I got three : really good shots, but when I : changed to landscape, the rainbow faded and disappeared (right in the : optical viewfinder) (mostly -- I can see it very faintly in the processed : image). : : What happened? : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : When you say it disappeared in the *optical viewfinder,* do you mean a : through the lens viewfinder, or a separate optical path liker on the old : 35mm rangefinder cameras? If it was through the lens, my next question : is, "were you using a polarizing filter?" Did you rotate the camera back : to the portrait orientation to see whether the rainbow came back? I can't : think of anything but a polarizer that could produce such an effect, and : then only of you are viewing through the lens. : : I hope the three portrait shots were done in a mode for panoramic : stitching. : : : Bingo ! : : Call me an idiot (actually, you're too late, I already did). As soon as I : read "polarizing filter", I knew what had had happened. I guess the takeaway from this story is, "At the end of a shoot, when you return your camera to grabshot settings, be sure to remove the polarizer!" ;^) Amen to that. Bob |
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