Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have found that I am using either the yellow-green or a deep yellow (Y12/B+W 023) or Leica's orange. Leica's orange is much lighter than other's orange -- probably closer to the yellow-orange in effect. I notice that the only two black and white filters Leica is listing now are the yellow-green and the orange, and that is the selection available in the 19mm R's built in filers. I would also point that AA stated in The Negative, that with hindsight, daylight landscapes don't need anything stronger than a dark yellow, Y-12, "Minus Blue" filter, since, being directly opposite sky blue on the color wheel, it is strong enough to darken sky and penetrate haze, yet does not darken shadow areas as much as the orange and red filters. Tom Schofield