jip Posted May 7, 2014 Share #1 Posted May 7, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) A article about black and white photography with the M, using colour filters, and the leica universal polariser. Photographing Monochrome with Leica M (Typ 240) | Jip van Kuijk Let me know what you guys think Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Hi jip, Take a look here Article: Photographing Monochrome with the Leica M (Typ 240). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
r7photo Posted May 7, 2014 Share #2 Posted May 7, 2014 Nice article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tookaphotoof Posted May 7, 2014 Share #3 Posted May 7, 2014 Never thought about using colour filters on a digital camera. Do you experience the same results as with film cameras? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted May 7, 2014 Share #4 Posted May 7, 2014 An interesting take - I suppose the question is whether or not you'd have been able to get an equivalent effect in post-process. So far I think I'd rather use Nik Silver-Efex than have to worry about taking filters with me - it seems to slightly defeat the point of digital. However, there are some lovely images in your piece - so thanks for giving pause for thought! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted May 8, 2014 Share #5 Posted May 8, 2014 Doesn't appear to be anything there that you couldn't do in light room. Filters do have the advantage of making you think about the effect when actually taking the photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tookaphotoof Posted May 8, 2014 Share #6 Posted May 8, 2014 Jaap, the thing is he shot them with an M240 and not an MM. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 8, 2014 Share #7 Posted May 8, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yes I saw, deleted before you posted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 8, 2014 Share #8 Posted May 8, 2014 Nice article indeed, but a number of images have the text projected over them, instead of under them. As for the use of colour filters, using the post-processing effects in Lightroom will result in noise and loss of dynamic range in the colour channel that has been boosted. If you know beforehand that you are going to do monochrome, it is better, and certainly more elegant, to use colour filters, just like on film. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tookaphotoof Posted May 8, 2014 Share #9 Posted May 8, 2014 I now see. I'll give it a go. I shoot a lot of b/w. In any case it should be more efficient for me to learn my colour filters better than with my film cameras. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdriceman Posted May 8, 2014 Share #10 Posted May 8, 2014 As for the use of colour filters, using the post-processing effects in Lightroom will result in noise and loss of dynamic range in the colour channel that has been boosted. True enough, especially for big adjustments, but you give up anywhere from 1-3 stops when using a physical filter. So, on the same shutter speed and aperture, you will be dialing in higher ISO (and with it, extra noise and possibly lower DR) throughout the entire image to get the same exposure. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jip Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted May 8, 2014 Nice article indeed, but a number of images have the text projected over them, instead of under them. As for the use of colour filters, using the post-processing effects in Lightroom will result in noise and loss of dynamic range in the colour channel that has been boosted. If you know beforehand that you are going to do monochrome, it is better, and certainly more elegant, to use colour filters, just like on film. Thats what I thought, since I knew I was going monochrome I thought I could use the yellow filter anyway. On the text being on top of images, could you email me a screenshot maybe? And tell me what browser you are using... I've tested extensively... but apperantly it's not fully compatible with all browsers yet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted May 8, 2014 Share #12 Posted May 8, 2014 Thanks for writing this. I enjoyed reading it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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