D'oh!

[Asmodeus]

Note to self -

If you want pictures that include lots of sky to look like what you see in the viewfinder, take off the polarized sunglasses (or put a polarizing filter on the lens).

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Anyone else ever done this?

[tim]

lol, nope, I find it hard to see thru the viewfinder when i'm wearing sunglasses.

[kram]

I am used to it now - when its real bright outside, I end up taking shots 50-50 with and without my sunglasses. I've been pleasantly surprised with the way some shots turned out...

[ron chappel]

I've heard many a story about getting error messages when trying to use the built in flash.
.......which was being blocked by the users hat.DOH!
I've done this myself a few times.It's definitely frustrating/amusing the first time.

I've also had an EOS 5 firing away by itself and poor old me not knowing what the hell is going on.

...note to self-switch off vertical grip shutter button or learn to hold camera ,LOL

[lmelendez]

LOL...
It has not happened to me... but just because I don't use glasses when I take pictures :)

[wilflee]

Haven't done it with polarizing glasses yet. But I've done that with those Serengeti orange gradient glasses. What looked like an awesome sunset in the Mediterranian turned out flat on film.

[myth337]

As one who flys a lot.. I don't wear Polarized sunglasses... but wear Serengeti Drivers.
These have really good optical qualities, and after your eyes get used to them, they are virtually color free.

The drawback is that the world looks brighter, more contrasty, grass looks really green, clear blue skies, puffy white clouds, etc.. etc.. etc..

When I take them off to take a picture, I can barely make out the cloud definition, the grass and trees look blah.. and everything else looks really dimm, like somebody turned down the Saturation slider on the world. (on days like that.. I have to kick up the saturation in PhotoShop a bit.. )

one day while skiing, I put a P&S camera behind my Serengeti's, but the film didn't like it.. :(

I wonder if Serengeti makes a filter for cameras... ;)

[Asmodeus]

Well, the glasses are prescription, so I tend to wear them to be able to see; the diopter correction isn't enough to compensate for my visual issues ;) if I wear my contact lenses, then I have bifocal problems and can't read the info in the viewfinder.

And I've also done the hat thing, but figured it out when I looked up the error message, so I didn't have to seem too foolish in public :)