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Contrast filter for B/W


Annibale G.

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The 'extended red sensitivity' (as they once said about the original Kodak Panatomic) of the M8 does already have about the effect of a medium yellow filter. Adding one makes no appreciable difference. An orange filter has an effect, however. Red filters are detrimental to sharpness so that the image demands lot of post-processing sharpening.

 

The old man from the Age of D-72

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Leica sell all sorts of filters for your lenses, but there are other alternatives that aren't quite so amazingly priced. Look at the Heliopan or BW filters, for example.

 

I did buy a UV filter from the Solms shop while I was there, though, and I am very pleased with it :) Standard 39mm filters are 100 Euros

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Annibale, buy B+W multi-coated filters. When shooting b&w film I had a yellow filter on the lenses for 90% of the time. The filter helps darken the sky and produce more contrast between sky and clouds as I'm sure you know. Orange and red filters have a more dramatic effect, though red does horrible things to caucasian skin tones.

 

If you have more than one lens I'd suggest getting a filter for each, it reduces the need to be continuously swaping filters as you change lenses.

 

Although you can mimic these filters in Photoshop if you shoot colour film (or digital), I've yet to achieve a conversion that can give the dramatic sky that the use of a red filter gives with b&w - even if you only select the red channel.

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Not everybody seems to share this opinion.

See e.g. the thread (unfortunately in german)

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/forum-zur-leica-m8/53712-gelbfilter-im-digitalzeitalter.html

 

Jonsi.

 

Hmmm... Did you notice the (lack of) quality in his B&W conversion? He just desaturated. I don't think one can take that thread seriously.

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what a f... !!! I know filter effect and I don't use Photoshop for shooting in BW film.

I just wanted to know where I can find professional filter for Leica M.

 

:confused:

 

As Steve and I have said, buy Leica, B+W or Heliopan. All are professional quality, and any good dealer in Italy will be able to get them for you

 

Alternatively, you can buy them via the web, from anywhere you like. Try clicking on any of the sponsor's links at the top of the page. Any of them will ship to you, wherever you are.

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what a f... !!! I know filter effect and I don't use Photoshop for shooting in BW film.

I just wanted to know where I can find professional filter for Leica M.

 

I was trying to help, I suggested a manufacturer and type of filter to buy from them. You gave no indication that you knew the effect that filters had - though I wrote in my response that you probably _did_ know already. You didn't say whether you used Photoshop or not for processing b&w films.

 

In fact your question was "how do you mount your contrast filter for black and white on your M camera?". The answer is I screw them into the front of the lens.

 

Don't expect to receive any suggestions from me the next time you ask a question.

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