Dale wrote:Is there a 'best' polarfilm ? Brand, thickness, or any special quality? It
will be paired with a camera lens polarizer.
Dale
I picked up a polarizer/analyzer set on eBay for around $40 usd. The polarizer fit fine, with minor modification on a Nikon YS2T with an analyzer on a stick that slots into an assembly just under the head.
I hung the analyzer from the aforementioned kit in the spacer on the Axioskop where a top filter slider would go if I had a top illuminator. The polarizer mentioned above had a large flange on it that was too large to use on the Axioskop field iris, so I bought a $20 49mm polarizer for a movie camera that is the same size as the field iris. I rotate this filter while it sits on the illuminator, to cross it with the analyzer, and it works fine for photography. Don't have any retarders or such, but I'm not analyzing molicules, just making pretty pictures.
Hadn't thought about using polar film, I guess it depends where you want to mount the analyzer.
Mounted in a collar to fit over the occular of a monocular scope, or, on top of the nosepiece if you have access for a binocular scope. In either case, something stiffer might be better.
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