Can High Altitude Shooting Cause Haze?

[donovan]

Hello,
I currently live at an elevation of 5,846 feet. My camera arsenal includes an Olympus XA, Olympus Stylus Epic and a Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 with a Zeiss 50/1.7 lens. Among all my shots there is a discernable haze even when the day is crystal clear. It is kind of tough to describe. A kind of light orange/yellow fog would be my best try. Is this UV perhaps and would the elevation be causing this? Would a filter (at least on the yashica) help? The situation is annoying because it mostly effects color saturation, which I like alot of. Thanks for any ideas.

 

[nickandre]

Did you try shooting indoor? I don't think so but I couldn't tell you. Have you shot at low altitudes and had no problem?

 

[Ian Grant]

I've photographed at those altitudes with no problems in the Andes and the Swiss Alps, but you can get severe problems. You may well need a UV filter, a Skylight 1a or a stronger Haze 2a filter. See Tiffen's page here.

Ian

 

[RobC]

Hello,
I currently live at an elevation of 5,846 feet. My camera arsenal includes an Olympus XA, Olympus Stylus Epic and a Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 with a Zeiss 50/1.7 lens. Among all my shots there is a discernable haze even when the day is crystal clear. It is kind of tough to describe. A kind of light orange/yellow fog would be my best try. Is this UV perhaps and would the elevation be causing this? Would a filter (at least on the yashica) help? The situation is annoying because it mostly effects color saturation, which I like alot of. Thanks for any ideas.

Try a different processing lab.

 

[John Koehrer]

UV usually shows as a blue tint or coloration, not orange or yellow.