Newbie question - will a polarizer help with what I do?

[Balorn]

Maybe a newbie question here, but I haven't found an answer: should I get a polarizer if I'm mainly taking pictures indoors?

I know the general advice is "get a polarizer", but the reasons I keep hearing are that it cuts reflections on water, makes the sky look nicer, etc. All the example shots I've seen are outdoors.

I do mainly indoor photography at anime conventions (here (http://kse3.dyndns.org/ah/ushi2006/) are pictures from the last one I was at - also my first convention with my G6). There's a bit of sky in the background of a few shots, but the vast majority of the pictures I'll be taking are indoors.

Will a polarizer actually do anything useful in this environment? I've heard some people say it helps saturate colors (which I would like), but that was in the context of outdoor daytime photography. Will it also have that effect indoors?

[md_129]

I wouldn't bother with one for indoors, unless you take all your shots with a tripod or use studio lights. You can always saturate the colors later in photoshop.

[crn3371]

I don't think it would make any difference indoors. Plus, it costs you about 2 stops of light, not good indoors.

[Balorn]

Thanks for the quick replies! I won't bother spending money on one at the moment then. With all the pages I found talking about how wonderful polarizers are, it's surprising none of them mentioned not to bother if you're indoors.