Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, don't say that. My wife is yelling at me that I didn't put that one in the calendar :-) but there are only 12 months :-) Thanks On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Richard, > > That first one is amazing. Thanks for sharing. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" < > richard at richardmanphoto.com> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 5:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Big thick ND filters...... > > > The longest exposure I have taken so far is 4 minutes at night, this is >> with a 30MP medium format data back: >> >> http://richardmanphoto.com/**PICS/20110410-CF006397-Edit.**jpg<http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20110410-CF006397-Edit.jpg> >> >> >> This is 2 min exposure right at sunset (posted a couple times already but >> I >> just printed it out over 3 feet long and it's really sweet). Frank, this >> one uses the B&W 10 stopper. >> >> http://richardmanphoto.com/**PICS/20121122-Scanned-20-2.jpg<http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121122-Scanned-20-2.jpg> >> >> The best 10 stopper I read is the Lee, but you will need to get it at EBay >> as the wait time from Lee is ~3 months+!!!! >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >> There was an article on a guy who did this a year ago in one of the photo >>> magazines. It captivated me. Always wanted to do this. Love time >>> exposures. >>> Be great to in the middle have a guy getting a shoe shine ; as a central >>> theme. As a nod to the first photo ever taken with a human in it. >>> >>> They found out in the last couple of years that the the very first photo >>> ever taken and its by Ni?pce of the rooftops out his window on a pewter >>> plate did not really take all day to expose... >>> Wait for it..... >>> It took all week. >>> >>> LOVE that kinda stuff. >>> Zero camera motion. >>> Plenty of subject motion. >>> But everything else super sharp. >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/lugalrabs/<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/> >>> >>> >>> > From: Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> >>> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> > Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:58:08 -0800 >>> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Big thick ND filters...... >>> > >>> > 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 >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ______________________________**_________________ >>> > Leica Users Group. >>> > See >>> > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> > more information >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> // richard >> <http://www.richardmanphoto.**com<http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> > >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>