p.1 #3 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
When it's needed. I don't generally use one on my current Zeiss lenses because they're perhaps even too contrasty from the T* coatings. I used to them more frequently on Canikon lenses.
p.1 #4 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
I don't use polarizers anymore. I found out they add a greenish tinge (some brands more obviously than others but they all do to varying degrees) and they soften the image. Also I realized that great scenes will look great with or without them, while mediocre scenes can be slightly enhanced, but they will remain mediocre nonetheless.
p.1 #6 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
I have seen the greenish tinge that Edward mentioned too (in blue skies so I don't use polarizers for that anymore). I do use them sometimes to take reflections off foliage because that simply cannot be done in PP.
I don't really see what Zeiss/Leica lenses have to do with it though.
p.1 #7 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
I don't really see what Zeiss/Leica lenses have to do with it though.
1. After observing my own habits and photographs of other people I suspect that some people use polarizers to compensate for lens color
2. I believe the drawing style of Zeiss and Leica is fragile and can be suppressed by polarizers
p.1 #9 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
I think I have forced to use it for my landscapes. I realize that for that type of photography the image of clouds above is as important as the land's scenes, and polarizer does the good job here, I tried my polarized sunglasses to look at clouds it gave much better contrast and detail than bare eyes.So I think I have to sacrifice a little IQ here for better looking sky.
p.1 #10 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
I use them for landscapes and foliage images all the time. Sure they might degrade the image ever so slightly, but the glare they remove and the saturation they improve far outway the slight loss of image sharpness. For sure you can tell if a polarizer was not used on an image exhibiting glare off the foliage...but I bet you could not tell me for sure which image had a polarizer just by it's sharpness.
p.1 #11 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
chez wrote:
I use them for landscapes and foliage images all the time. Sure they might degrade the image ever so slightly, but the glare they remove and the saturation they improve far outway the slight loss of image sharpness. For sure you can tell if a polarizer was not used on an image exhibiting glare off the foliage...but I bet you could not tell me for sure which image had a polarizer just by it's sharpness.
Minor optical issues such as colour cast or possibly resolution are potentially blown out of the water with major effcts on the image due to the reduction or control of light or reflections.
To answer the OP's question, yes, I use them with any lens.
p.1 #13 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
JohnJ wrote:
Minor optical issues such as colour cast or possibly resolution are potentially blown out of the water with major effcts on the image due to the reduction or control of light or reflections.
Don't you mean "overblown"? I have noticed a green kind of posterization (ugly patches) in blue skies shot with a polarizer; something which is hard to repair. You're right that the polarizer's effect is much greater in comparison though. In some cases it does seem to override the Zeiss drawing style (I don't have Leica lenses but I suppose it's the same there).
p.1 #14 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
I try not to use them at all if possible. I live at high altitude and often get skies too dark, color cast, etc. There are a few situations where they are helpful, but generally I avoid CPLs.
p.1 #15 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
I use them on all brands of lenses about equally, which is rarely. I most often use CPL to control reflected light from water and windows in buildings. I sometimes use them for scenics with lots of sky & clouds, but certainly not all of the time.
p.1 #17 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
Wish I could have used one last night.
I even had a B+W MRC on me but the venue was extremely dark and I could barely see a thing through the EVF. A polarizer would have improved that shot greatly but it was just practically impossible to use because of EVF + Stopped down lens with no AE control. An optical viewfinder would have been even worse.
p.1 #18 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
Polarizers are a fantastic tool for things like moisture on foliage, to literally be able to see what's underneath the dew. The capability they add to certain applicable shooting situations is independent of the brand of lens used. If it is useful to improving the scene, then what brand of lens you're shooting with it is irrelevant.
p.1 #19 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
Mirek Elsner wrote:
1. After observing my own habits and photographs of other people I suspect that some people use polarizers to compensate for lens color
2. I believe the drawing style of Zeiss and Leica is fragile and can be suppressed by polarizers
Hmmm, I've heard of enhancing the color (by reducing the flare) of greenery (foliage), increasing cloud contrast, and removing reflections from all kinds of stuff from store windows to pond surfaces. But I've never heard of them softening an image much nor affecting the drawing style of any lenses.
I never use them for foliage beyond a few tests but I use them lots for reflection removal. They work great for that making possible otherwise impossible shots. I also sometimes use them as ND filters.
chez wrote:
I use them for landscapes and foliage images all the time. Sure they might degrade the image ever so slightly, but the glare they remove and the saturation they improve far outway the slight loss of image sharpness. For sure you can tell if a polarizer was not used on an image exhibiting glare off the foliage...but I bet you could not tell me for sure which image had a polarizer just by it's sharpness.
p.1 #20 · Do you use polarizer with Leica and Zeiss lenses?
Toothwalker wrote:
I have no idea what you mean by this.
Fresh wild Alaskan King salmon tastes better than farmed Atlantic. But you are not going to appreciate the difference if you make meatballs of them and dip them in very strong barbecue sauce.
Polarizers remove some of the natural properties of a scene (foliage glare, for example). The effect can be dramatic enough to overpower the natural clarity that I associate with some lenses.
I have noticed a green kind of posterization (ugly patches) in blue skies shot with a polarizer; something which is hard to repair. You're right that the polarizer's effect is much greater in comparison though. In some cases it does seem to override the Zeiss drawing style (I don't have Leica lenses but I suppose it's the same there).