Bought an Olympus BH2 w/ a polarizing attachment.. I think I’m missing a piece
Bought an Olympus BH2 w/ a polarizing attachment.. I think I’m missing a piece
Hey y’all! I recently bought an Olympus BH2 BHTU with a polarizing attachment near the head and it has the sliding piece on it. See picture.
I looked into some forum pages and manuals and I think I’m missing at least one piece which is the U-POT polarizing lens that goes above the lamp. Anything else? Thank you all for your help. I’m rather new and unfamiliar with all this.
It can be seen just above the turret head and just below the trinocular dovetail piece.I looked into some forum pages and manuals and I think I’m missing at least one piece which is the U-POT polarizing lens that goes above the lamp. Anything else? Thank you all for your help. I’m rather new and unfamiliar with all this.
Re: Bought an Olympus BH2 w/ a polarizing attachment.. I think I’m missing a piece
You need a polarizer above the lamp as you suspected. The U-POT is fine, and what it was designed to use, but they're relatively expensive and a bit hard to find. Get yourself a 45mm linear (not circular) photography polarizer. Anything sized to fit the light port or larger (even a little smaller) will work. Pretty cheap and excellent performance. I've used photo linear polarizers for years instead of the U-POT.
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Re: Bought an Olympus BH2 w/ a polarizing attachment.. I think I’m missing a piece
Could you just swap their order?
Re: Bought an Olympus BH2 w/ a polarizing attachment.. I think I’m missing a piece
I think he only has one, the upper analyzer.
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Re: Bought an Olympus BH2 w/ a polarizing attachment.. I think I’m missing a piece
It's a bit confusing since the pictured scope has two separate accessories between the nosepiece and head.
Re: Bought an Olympus BH2 w/ a polarizing attachment.. I think I’m missing a piece
Hey there! Thanks for the response. So the black piece above the objectives is the polarizing attachment. The cream colored piece with the side arm is a teaching head attachment. The black part is the only polarizing piece. Hope this helps!
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Re: Bought an Olympus BH2 w/ a polarizing attachment.. I think I’m missing a piece
Ohhh yeah I was mixed up. I blame lack of sleep from black friday prep.
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Re: Bought an Olympus BH2 w/ a polarizing attachment.. I think I’m missing a piece
A circular polarizing filter over the field lens can work fine;
flipped over, output is linearly polarized.
flipped over, output is linearly polarized.
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