Hey this is Scott of Photography Banzai. Here today by a small pond. I'm gonna try out
the whole circular polarizer thing again. This is definitely good conditions
for it. It's very bright, very warm. I have the D600 with the Yongnuo 100mm
f2 lens. This lens is especially not good with those type of
situations. So we're gonna try it all out with the pond and see what we get. Let's
get started! So I have the camera back here all set up. Just has a UV filter on it at the
moment. I'm gonna leave it like that. Take a photo. Switch off to the circular
polarizer.
So it's a pretty subtle effect right at this specific direction. And for whatever
reason it's getting a little darker at the moment. So we're going to try a few
with different angles. A few different situations to get the most extreme
effect. So here's the second test. In this case I'm taking a picture of this
rock over here, and of course I'm going to take a photo with and without the
polarizer. So we can and see the difference.
So in this case is a pretty dramatic
difference. You can actually see some of the rocks below the water when you shift
that polarizer enough. So let's probably do a few more...
Nice reflections, a little bit to the side. Which we'll see if we can minimize those.
All right, the last test in this area.. I'm going to get some of these reflections
coming off the water from this angle. We can see really small bright spots. So
let's see if this polarizer can deal with those. I'm going to leave the
polarizer on this time, and just shift it. You will see a difference.
Pretty dramatic difference in this case. As we're trying to get some footage of
the viewfinder with the adjustment of the polarizer... There are different ways
to do it. I've found with a simple cell phone. Most of the time it works pretty
decently well. I can add some shake reduction if I need to in post, but this
is an LG Stylo 3. So it's a super cheap phone. And I used an app called
Cinema FV-5. And that allows me to adjust exposure compensation with this phone in
video, and that helps a lot with view finders. Because usually the cameras and
these don't understand what's happening. And I can lower the exposure enough to
make it work well. So pop up the thing. It's -2 exposure compensation.
So one more test. I don't know if this will work too well, but there are some
nice little flowers over here. I'll try to get some of the water is well. Same
thing. Same situation. Just trying to minimize reflections, or hopefully get a
little bit more contrast in everything.
All right, in this situation it's a little less noticeable. More subtle, but
it is still there. I see some shift in the blues. Which can be very nice in
post-processing if you want more color in your photos. So pretty much any
situation, these circular polarizers can help quite a bit. Even if it's just a
little subtle difference. It's something you don't have to do in post. Something
you can improve on in post. But I do think circular polarizers are the best
filter to bring along if you're going to bring anything. Neutral density filters
are good as well for many situations. I'm actually using one on this camera for
video. But I do really prefer to bring along the polarizer if I can only bring
one filter. So hope you found this video interesting. If you did, please consider
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I've got a nice this little pouch here for my filters. This is a "Undfind."
Pick this one up actually at Adorama. They were giving it
away years and years ago. It's a nice little neoprene filter holder. Inside
we've got the circular polarizer. AmazonBasics! It's a very low cost...