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- From: ian@rats.demon.co.uk ("Ian A. Young")
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!rats.demon.co.uk!ian
- Subject: Re: rec.photo FAQ and answers
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 17:30:44 +0000
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- In article <2905@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>
- bruceb@mpd.tandem.com (Bruce Burden) writes:
-
- > The reason you need a circular polarizer is due to the exposure
- > system, not the AF system. Auto-focus cameras carry the sensors in
- > the pentaprism, the exposure system below the mirror (this is necessary
- > for OTF/TTL metering).
-
- Just a niggling little correction: some AF cameras in fact have the AF
- sensors at the bottom of the mirror box, not in the pentaprism (eg
- Nikon F-801/N8008). However, I don't believe that the direction the
- light takes after hitting the half-silvered mirror (up or down) is
- relevant here: either way, it is polarised and _anything_ that reads
- this light (exposure system _or_ AF system) can be confused by a linear
- polariser.
-
- So, it would be more correct to say that a linear polariser can cause
- trouble with either the exposure system, or the AF system, or both.
-
- -- Ian
-