Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> It is, but the large depth of field (because of the much smaller sensor) 
> means that the AF need not be as accurate.

True. The sensor is both smaller and has fewer pixels on the sony.

> The smaller camera also has 
> much smaller pieces of glass to move when focusing.

It's not *that* much smaller. I'm not talking about a point-and-shoot here 
as such. :-)

> That is not what "circular polariser" means. A CPL is basically just a 
> regular linear polariser with a quarter-wave plate on the inside 
> surface. The effect on the resulting image is the same.

Oh! Well, I thought it selected out the circularly polarized light, but a 
quick wikipedia check explains it. Very cool.  I'll definitely try it again. 
I had tried it before and not gotten a noticable result, but I must have 
messed it up.

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