Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> Resolution, colour fidelity, response time.

OK.  Resolution on my sony is already better than I can see, and I'm not 

going to get faster fidelity or response time out of the camera than it's
 
giving me on the viewfinder. :-)

> Phase-detect is generally faster, often much faster. 

That I noticed, just playing with the live view. Contrast-detect is prett
y 
quick on the sony, assuming that's what it's using.

>> I didn't find the circular polarizer to have any noticable effect on 
>> my photos, tho.
> 
> If you are aiming for the "deep-blue sky" look, you will want to point 

> the lens (with polariser) 90° away from the sun. Of course, you al
so 
> need to turn the polariser to match.

It's a circular polarizer? I'm pretty sure reflections are linearly 
polarized, than that's usually when I want a particular polarizer.

> If you just want to see the polariser in action, look at an LCD through
 
> it while slowly turning it.

I'll give that a go.

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