R7 with a Polarizing FIlter

[DPinard]

I just bought a polarizing filter for my R7 kit lens.  Are there special settings in the camera that I need in order to get it to work?  As I rotate it, I can see the sky getting bluer through the viewer, but then it seems like the camera compensates, and the sky goes back to being washed out.  I have it set to Spot Metering and AWB.

[kvbarkley]

You probably need to have something else in the shot, and use evaluative metering. Also, don't use too wide of a lens.

[DPinard]

Thanks.  It was a landscape with both sky (1/3) and trees.  I was using from 18-35mm.  I will try evaluative metering.

[kvbarkley · Accepted solution]

If you are just seeing this in the viewfinder, you might want to turn Exposure Sim off.

[Waddizzle]

For best results with a CPL filter, you want to remove it so that you can accurately set up your exposure and lock focus.