Circular Polarizer Filter

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05 March 2018, 02:51

nhoro

Circular Polarizer Filter

Will be floating the Zambezi on River God Adventures this year and photographing from the deck of their pontoon boat (with a tripod most of the time). Camera Nikon D500 and as of now lenses are Tamron 70-200 F2.8 and Tamron 150-600 G2.

Skys should be clear, and we'll be on the water the whole time. Would a circular polarizer filter be beneficial and worth the money or not?

Thanks

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05 March 2018, 10:37

Wink

Personally, I would take one. On the water there can be pretty strong reflections, light going in every direction. The polarizer will filter out a lot of that glare.

On a boat I would take a wide-angle lens also. Anything on or very near the boat will be harder to photograph with just long tele-zooms.

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07 March 2018, 21:13

larrys

I would second what Wink said. I usually buy one for each of my lenses. Not only will they greatly cut the glare, but can do some nice things for landscape with sky involved.

The suggestion of the wide angle lens is also spot on. You may just have a moment (or several) where you say to yourself, "Wow, I wish I could get all of that in the picture", as well.

Larry

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07 March 2018, 22:33

nhoro

Thanks guys. I didn't list it, but I have a wide angle as well. Ordered filters for each.

Thanks again

09 March 2018, 15:23

Wink

Using a polarizer on a wide angle lens is a little tricky, because of the angle of view of the lens. Anything wider than a 35mm (in full frame sensor field of view) will tend to darken one part of the sky and not another. With a 28mm or wider it's almost guaranteed, so be careful with this filter on the wider angle lenses.

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