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Filters

by roody Sep 9, 2005 10:02AM PDT

I have a Panasonic FZ20 didgital camera and would like to know what type of polarizing filter would be best, circular or linear.

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by snapshot2 Forum moderator Sep 9, 2005 12:13PM PDT

Just about everyone recommends that you use circular for any SLR camera, or any camera with autofocus.

And that just about takes in all digital cameras.

It is difficult to comprehend the explainations of circular polarization but if you want to give it a try, here is a link:

http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/photos/filters_uv_pol/#polq2

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