It is not too hard to adjust it all the time, depending on the configuration of any lens hood you have on. You may end up getting finger prints on it while adjusting, so be prepared to clean it. It is also possible to get so involved in shooting that you just plain forget to adjust it, so it may not be optimized for some shots. You will want it off for low light situations, like inside the Antelopes, so be prepared to remove and install it. And of course for wide angle scenes, the variation of the sky effect from one side to the other can be significant, so that is a time when you may want to remove a polarizer.
You can see the effect you are going to get fairly well, so you can optimize the orientation. Some shots will have little benifit, but for where you are going you will see improvement in a very high percentage of your shots. Distant shots will have a reduction in haze that is dramatic. Close shots will have improvement in color saturation of many parts of a scene.
I know I would never go to the southwest on a photo trip without a high quality polarizer for every filter size of the lenses I take, and I am about to buy a duplicate polarizer and get a second 77mm, so that I can leave one on each of my common lenses I use.
It is not too hard to adjust it all the time, depending on the configuration of any lens hood you have on. You may end up getting finger prints on it while adjusting, so be prepared to clean it. It is also possible to get so involved in shooting that you just plain forget to adjust it, so it may not be optimized for some shots. You will want it off for low light situations, like inside the Antelopes, so be prepared to remove and install it.
You can see the effect you are going to get fairly well, so you can optimize the orientation. Some shots will have little benifit, but for where you are going you will see improvement in a very high percentage of your shots. Distant shots will have a reduction in haze that is dramatic. Close shots will have improvement in color saturation of many parts of a scene.
I know I would never go to the southwest on a photo trip without a high quality polarizer for every filter size of the lenses I take, and I am about to buy a duplicate polarizer and get a second 77mm, so that I can leave one on each of my common lenses I use.
Mar 04, 2010 at 03:09 PM
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