Leica MM yellow filter 24/7

[wilfredo]

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Tomorrow will be one week with MM. I experimented with Yellow and Red filters and decided I get better images without them for every day use.

[Mixalis]

Tomorrow will be one week with MM. I experimented with Yellow and Red filters and decided I get better images without them for every day use.

 

I have only yellow and, frankly, can notice little difference. So I am glad to have your feedback. Hope you are enjoying the MM as much as I am.

 

Mike

[menos I M6]

I use filters, depending on the light and lenses used.

 

I do not like the response of my naked 50 Summilux pre ASPH much on the Mono - with yellow filter, it simply gets perfect (it is therefore almost always on the lens).

 

The UC-Hex I use preferably without filter, but add a yellow or at the extreme a light orange filter, when I want a higher contrast to start with.

 

I don't use red filters, but yellow and orange in different strengths.

 

When shooting in low light, I remove the filters, as I prefer to shoot half a stop to a full stop less ISO than having a filter on the lens with little impact in such light.

I therefore have a B+W filter case for each filter size, I carry lenses in with me.

I use a Gossen Digi Pro light meter, which makes it extremely easy to set filter factors and get a quick reading in difficult light (I formerly used mainly a Seconic 308 but like the Gossen a lot more as of a better LCD and added functionality + better ergonomics in my opinion).

 

I am not a big fan of whizzing for hours in photoshop, but select lenses and filters, to get to the look I like to begin with.

Sure you can shoot the Mono for a neutral and easy to work with base file and do your thing in photoshop, but time doesn't allow this all to often.

The Mono files are extremely robust, which would allow largely to shoot entirely filterless and bend the files to HDR lover's liking after the fact.

[Guest borge]

You won't notice much of a difference. It'll tone down bright skies a little bit, and boosts the contrast a bit, and not much else.

But I used it 24/7 on my 50 Lux on the MM as well.

[Mixalis]

You won't notice much of a difference. It'll tone down bright skies a little bit, and boosts the contrast a bit, and not much else.

But I used it 24/7 on my 50 Lux on the MM as well.

 

Hi Borge, that was a great series of articles on the MM on your blog. I found them very informative and remember your comments on filters.

 

Mike

[hlockwood]

Hi, The yellow filter effect is subtle - I used one on all of my images on

a recent trip to Myanmar photographed with the Monochrom - mainly to lighten the skin tones slightly. You can see the results here:

Brendan Williams Photography

 

I can't comment on the filter effect, but I can say that these are wonderful shots.

 

HFL

[rob_w]

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Both Borge and Brendan Williams -- wonderful portfolios. Thank you for sharing.

 

Whatever it is, the portfolios taken with the MM are consistently impressive -- encouraging others to consider the MM for themselves.

 

Sometimes I think B&W pictures of exotic locations (e.g. Myanmar) work better because they exclude the distraction of bright colors which often dominates the graphic impact.

 

But it is more than just B&W. Maybe it is the stronger attention to composition or the release from other artistic concerns.

 

Think I can see the effect of the yellow filter on darker skins, by the way. Very helpful to do that in B&W. In color pictures it is difficult to get enough light on dark faces to show the full range of their expressions.

[BWA]

Thank you for the kind comments Robert and Harry.