Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yes, yet another advantage of the rangefinder! i use B+W's (they call them 091) and have them for all my M lenses. #25 red or #8 would be progressively less dramatic. i always enjoy photographs with nice clouds in them. even in real life, nothing makes me feel happier than a skyful of cumulus. images like adam's "unicorn peak, thunderclouds" just send me away: http://www.anseladams.com/taag/showdetl.cfm?&DID=8&Product_ID=36&CATID=33 - -rei > From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> > > This is an excellent reason to use a RF camera..... the dark red filter > makes SLR viewing way too difficult to focus.... > > Having stated the use of the filter, and knowing its effect, I wonder about > the use of the filter, and how it changes the image that is captured... it > accentuates ( darkens) the blues, highlights ( makes lighter) the reds on > any film. Combined with panchromatic B+W film ( as opposed to IR) the > effect would be to accentuate the clouds and anything blue...... what about > green? dreamy images? I am not sure.....I thought that came from the IR > film..... > > Without continuing to be clinical, the image creation combo of the Noctilux > and #29 dark red filter is simply spectacular. Have you tried the #29 with > any other lenses? results were similar or different? I want to try this > myself .... the fact that the filter allows for more wide open shooting, may > be why you used the filter, and indeed it does allow the Nocti to be used > wirde open, but the spectrum recorded is a bonus. > > I always thought that having great clouds was a real boost in > photography.... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net >