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Cindy Sj

circular polarized and action shots

My spouse and I were out shooting at a couple sports events today, and almost all of his photos were...well, not blurry...not fuzzy....it actually looked like someone bumped the darkroom table while he was enlarging prints...(except these are digital, of course)... can a circular polarizing filter cause action shots to look this way? It's the first thing we'd like to suspect, because it doesn't mean anything is wrong with the camera! Shutter speed was fast enough, Iso set for action... we're both beginners with digital, so all comments welcome! (oh, autofocus used, 70-300 lens used...at all focal lengths)...thanks in advance for your expertise!

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June 03, 2007

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Double image or faint ghost image around it?
Show me what it looks like.

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June 03, 2007

Todd Bennett

Cindy,

With a polorizing filter you are going to loose 1 to 2 stops of light minimum. I assume the camera was hand held and, if so, you would need a shutter speed of 1/500 sec. More than likely what you got was camera shake; but, without seeing the photos there is no way for us to tell.

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

here's one of the images...if you enlarge it, you'll notice that the glare from the sun (on metal buckles, etc.) has kind of a weird look to it...and the picture isn't quite in focus....

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

here's one of the images...if you enlarge it, you'll notice that the glare from the sun (on metal buckles, etc.) has kind of a weird look to it...and the picture isn't quite in focus....

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

here's one of the images...if you enlarge it, you'll notice that the glare from the sun (on metal buckles, etc.) has kind of a weird look to it...and the picture isn't quite in focus....

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

here's one of the images...if you enlarge it, you'll notice that the glare from the sun (on metal buckles, etc.) has kind of a weird look to it...and the picture isn't quite in focus....

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

here's one of the images...if you enlarge it, you'll notice that the glare from the sun (on metal buckles, etc.) has kind of a weird look to it...and the picture isn't quite in focus....

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

here's one of the images...if you enlarge it, you'll notice that the glare from the sun (on metal buckles, etc.) has kind of a weird look to it...and the picture isn't quite in focus....

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

hahahahaha!! well, that was interesting...it wouldn't let me upload a photo, but took my answer a zillion times! let's try again!

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

hahahahaha!! well, that was interesting...it wouldn't let me upload a photo, but took my answer a zillion times! let's try again!

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

aauuuggghhh!! one last attempt...otherwise, look for the image on a new thread...

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June 04, 2007

Cindy Sj

new thread created...same title, less frustration.

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