Filters / tips for shooting snow

Grainbelt

Yes, winter is nearly upon us up in Saskatchewan. The bayonet adapter for my S5 IS arrived, I need to go pick it up tomorrow. Figured I'd get a filter or two while I was there.

AFAIK, a polarizing filter should remove some glare from non-metallic surfaces, which I assume should include snow. Anything else I should pick up for winter shooting?

Also, and maybe this is its own thread, at what temperature range should I pack it up and stay inside - it will get as low as -40F here, but most of the winter is around 0F. Still in the +30 range, but I want to be prepared.

wxwax

While waiting for a response, try doing a search for some of your keywords.

I think this has been covered once or twice here.

Grainbelt

wxwax wrote:

While waiting for a response, try doing a search for some of your keywords.

I think this has been covered once or twice here.

A very good point. I dragged up a few old threads and poked around. There is a current one in the techique forum as well.

Hoping there may be some info directly related to working within the parameters of a P&S camera.

pathfinder

DSLR or P&S, you will need to add +1 or +2 stops of + Exposure Compensation to correctly shoot in snow covered landscapes.

Or shoot in manual mode according to sunny 16....

JGD

Get a grey card and meter that for your settings!

pathfinder

JGD wrote:

Get a grey card and meter that for your settings!

That should give very close settings to sunny 16