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Hi, I'm on my soapbox again... Please bear with me...

So, I have a friend of mine with whom I've had many conversations about the virtues of a circular polarizer. "Oh, it's on my list," he says. "I have a couple of lenses I want first and want to wait for the new 5D Mark II also before getting one." This was a few months ago. In the meantime, he continues taking exterior photos without one. Well, I submit to you exhibit A (with polarizer) and exhibit B below (without).

Any questions?

So, as I was preparing for this shoot I knew I had to make my lens as fast as possible. I mean, flying in a light aircraft, particularly at low altitudes, is extremely bumpy. So, I made my check list: Higher ISO at 800--check! Wider aperture at f/2.8--check! Lens image stabilization set to on--check! Exposure bias set to below standard at -2/3--check! ...and finally, do not use a polarizer because it slows the lens down--BUZZZZZ! (game show, wrong answer, buzzer sound).

There are some things a computer cannot emulate no matter the software. One is to fix an unfocused image; another one is to apply the effects of a circular polarizer. I mean, look at the water below. If the detail ain't there, it ain't there. No imaging software can fix that. Same with any surface that reflects glare back at you. I even use a polarizer indoors when daylight lights the room as it cuts down glare on walls, floors and furniture... and in some cases, even without daylighting as it also cuts down the glare from incandescent lights.

So, if you've ever been convinced that you'd benefit from a polarizer, but have been putting it off, hopefully, this'll move your butt! It'll be the best $50-$150 you've spent for your camera, I guarantee! I would also say that probably 99 of every 100 images I capture is shot with a polarizer.

A little story as to why the image below didn't use it. if you have the polarizer rotated 90° from optimum rotation, it is almost as if it is not on at all. Because the polarizer was set for shooting in portrait (vertical) the polarizer required another 90° rotation when I turned it back to landscape (horizontal). Obviously I forgot to do it on the first shot, but did after that. Boy, what a difference!

(Rex steps of soapbox)

October 7, 1938

Rochester, Minnesota

Hotel Damon

Dear Ma: we are leaving here tomorrow and no letter as yet so we sent the telegram as we are anxious to know how our boy is. It seems ages since we left and he was a bit upset then and naturally I'd like to hear as we've never been away from him before and won't again either, if I can possibly help it.

Please write and tell me about him and I am sending some airmail stamps as I think we will have more luck getting the letters that way.

We are going to Minneapolis tomorrow and start early Sunday for Chicago. We plan to be in Boston the 11th or 12th and stay until the 15th and then to New York until the 18th.

Edison is seeing the powers that be here and they said there was nothing against him in his record but there were 40 for each job and they thought he had a better place where he was than the others, so advised him to stay there. However he is going to get another chance for next July.

Much love to all, especially my boy.

Frances



In October 1938 Mom and Dad drove across the country, from CA to NYC. Dad was checking out places for graduate study. Dad took pictures of lots of old buildings, but never got the negatives printed. Just figured out one of them! Grandma French saved all their letters, and last summer I digitized them with Dragon NaturallySpeaking software.

The (Rail) Road to Riches! Cities all over the world are masses of idling, polluting, honking cars. We need mass transit -- but local, state and national governments haven't been able to make it work. If you can create and operate a successful privately held mass transit operation, you'll do the world a service and reap huge financial rewards -- but that's only the beginning...First, manage your railroad -- transport passengers and freight, extend your lines, and develop te most efficient and profitable routes and schedules. Then, borrow from the bank, buy and develop land, expand your holdings into hotels, factories, resorts and department stores, play the stock market, and build a financial empire.