jessops filter question

If I look at a window outside and twist th filter, the reflection on the glass goes away, but I don't get any of the colour changes like in a lot of YouTube clips I have seen???
 
Its cheap, thats what cheap things are.. Rubbish!

You need to be 90 degrees from the sun to get the deep blue sky effect. Try it outside and see if it works then.
 
Why are you worrying about what it does to your PC monitor when it removes/reduces reflections like it's supposed to?
 
DazJW said:
Why are you worrying about what it does to your PC monitor when it removes/reduces reflections like it's supposed to?
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i was just checking to see if it does what i have seen them do on youtube, im still a noob and trying to learn as i go, so watch clips on the interweb etc
 
Ian Jones said:
hi all. i have got a jessops circular polariser filter, but im not sure if it is working right.

if I do this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RxxEAVlwno

the colours on the screen dont change from what i can tell.

could there be something wrong with the filter? it was second hand btw.

thanks
ian
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There should be NO colour change using a CPL filter.
It's possible that the camera was not at 90 degrees to the LCD screen.
If you put your CPL filter on the camera, point it at you PC/TV screen (LCD type not TV Tube) When you look through the viewfinder,as you rotate the CPL filter the scr will turn completely dark. there will be one point where the effect is most pronounced.
LCD screens use polorization, couple this with a polorizer filter and at one setting, no light will get though.
In practice a CPL (used correctly) will give sky a darker blue colour with more pronounced clouds and more saturated colours like green foliage (due to less light reflection)
CPL's can also be used to cut reflections off water/metal surfaces, adding depth to water etc.
Don't forget a CPL will have an effect on exposure as the filters do cut some light.
You pay's your money and takes your choice here.
 
thank you Howi, that has helped alot. my pc screen is a normal tv type, thats why it isnt working with it lol.

thanks again
ian
 
Hey Ian, I'm a newbie too and bought one of the Jessops ones a couple of weeks ago.
From what i've read/youtubed, the weather conditions need to be right for the affect to be noticed in the sky shots, as well as your position and how wide an angle you are shooting.
Although I haven't mastered that side of it, I have noticed the benefits with reflections and shooting through windows though, so for £30, I aint gonna cry about it.
 
TCR4x4 said:
Its cheap, thats what cheap things are.. Rubbish!

You need to be 90 degrees from the sun to get the deep blue sky effect. Try it outside and see if it works then.
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In terms of basic polarising ability, price has no bearing - they all work the same. Heck, even the cheapo 3D cinema specs do it.

More expensive polarising filters have other more subtle optical benefits.
 
HoppyUK said:
In terms of basic polarising ability, price has no bearing - they all work the same. Heck, even the cheapo 3D cinema specs do it.

More expensive polarising filters have other more subtle optical benefits.
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Hmmm I think the sticky tape coming out ....

I got some of them glasses lol

So if your out and see a idiot with a pair of glasses stook to his lens you know its me and you know why lol

I might go to the pro version and use some desiggner glass or will specsaver special do lol
 
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