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Subject: [Leica] Big thick ND filters......
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:22:41 -0500
References: <026901cdd447$c98d9c80$5ca8d580$@verizon.net> <CAAsXt4PoY2ZzdDqK6jh8UceY-JbRV8YCbUEJP7tFfV7CygiXHA@mail.gmail.com> <031c01cdd49c$09106af0$1b3140d0$@verizon.net>

don't we expect those changes from reciprocity failure during long exposures?

That would vary from film to film or sensor to sensor

ric



On Dec 7, 2012, at 11:58 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> 
wrote:

> Found a reference ... where the guy said that the Heliopan had less color
> shift than "others".  Will try to find the filter...  B+H has them.
> 
> Thanks Bob.....
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
> 
> 
> I remember a thread in getdpi.com about this. Look under Medium Format
> (Dante's Inferno) and filter for a thread about ND filters. I person on
> there did a lot of testing. Membership is free and worthwhile.
> Bob
> 
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
> verizon.net>wrote:
> 
>> I am interested in slowing down things, a lot.  I had picked out a 10 
>> stop ND filter, then did a bit more research, where I found this 
>> tidbit...( though it is for a 6 stop reduction)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "This B+W Neutral Density Filter reduces the light by six f-stops. 
>> With this filter and without changing the f-stop, a shutter speed of 
>> 1/60 s is changed to a full second, thus requiring the use of a 
>> tripod. Flowing water is rendered as flowing in the photo, and people 
>> moving in streets are dissolved in unsharpness or become invisible. 
>> Because of its higher transmission in the red beyond 660 nm, this 
>> filter brings a slightly warm tone to color photographs. If this 
>> effect is undesirable, a B+W UV-/IR-Blocking Filter
>> 486
>> in front of the neutral density filter (not behind it) remedies that 
>> situation. The filter factor is 64x."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Has anyone ever heard of a ND filter of this strength being a bit warm 
>> toned?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> 
>> Red735i at verizon.net
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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