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Re: polarizer and IR (Re: Focusing/Best time of day)

  • From: Nick Cuccia <cuccia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: polarizer and IR (Re: Focusing/Best time of day)
  • Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 10:06:54 -0700
On Tue, 06 Aug 1996 17:41:17 +0200  N. Remi Shih wrote:
>> Will put a polarizer help darken the sky?  Will it bounce out the IR...

Yes to the first, with the usual caveat--polarizers have the greatest effect
on the portions of the sky perpendicular to the sun.

Because (good) polarizers are pretty much neutral-density, they will have
no effect on IR, other than the polarizing effect.

--Nick
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