hdmesa Posted January 13, 2021 Share #21  Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) 57 minutes ago, T25UFO said: Just out of interest, what is the price difference between B+W and Leica?  I also bought two ND filters (x3 and x10) for my Q2 from Breakthrough Photography.  These are much better than B+W, absolutely neutral with no colour caste.  I bought direct from the US and I think they were priced about £100 each.  Breakthrough now have a UK website, although I haven't used it - they don't stock colour filters. It's huge. In the U.S., the Leica filters are about twice as expensive as B+W. 3 hours ago, convexferret said: I don't know about others but I use the black promist filters not for the slight softening effects for portraits but for the halation-style glow when shooting against the light. I find that a 1/8 strength is more then enough. Unfortunately they're hard to get in smaller sizes at times. Same here. These aren't like the old soft focus filters that blur everything. When shooting wide open, the point of focus is still very sharp. In addition to working well with light sources, the filters have a very interesting effect on bokeh rendering and tonal blending, where it adds smoothness and a glow of sorts. Example of the 49mm BPM 1/4 used on the X100V. Edited January 13, 2021 by hdmesa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nwphil Posted January 13, 2021 Share #22  Posted January 13, 2021 23 minutes ago, RobM said: B+W were £63 each, Leica are £125 each. I've never heard of Breakthrough Photography. Thanks for the tip.  https://contrastly.com/breakthrough-photography-x3-nd-filters-review/ they are pretty decent and have a good warranty 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica28 Posted January 14, 2021 Share #23  Posted January 14, 2021 13 hours ago, convexferret said: I don't know about others but I use the black promist filters not for the slight softening effects for portraits but for the halation-style glow when shooting against the light. I find that a 1/8 strength is more then enough. Unfortunately they're hard to get in smaller sizes at times. Yes that is a very popular effect - at least it used to be.  I recall using very similar filters on a TV campaign for the Gallo Wine family.  They were made by a company in California called Harrison & Harrison.  Made the BEST filters money could buy.  Yes, they were expensive but worth every nickel.  Luckily I still have my entire set of diffusion and contrast filters in a box on a shelf at home.  You can see the effects you describe here:   Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alksv Posted January 14, 2021 Share #24 Â Posted January 14, 2021 I use the Black Pro-Mist 1/4 and the B+W line-up (mostly orange and red), no complaints. Well, a lot of complaints actually, nothing to do with equipment, just need to improve as a photographer. Not sure if there's any real benefit in buying the (overpriced) Leica filters apart from being somewhat of a purist (judging from my experience with Leica UVa vs B+W MRC nano). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T25UFO Posted January 14, 2021 Share #25  Posted January 14, 2021 17 hours ago, RobM said: B+W were £63 each, Leica are £125 each. I've never heard of Breakthrough Photography. Thanks for the tip.  Worth checking out this website: https://breakthrough.photography And also the the UK website: https://www.breakthroughfilters.co.uk/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmesa Posted January 14, 2021 Share #26  Posted January 14, 2021 Looks like the Q lens is not so great for IR. B+W IR 092 – screenshot from LR with highlights pulled all the way back: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/316917-leica-q2-monochrom-colour-filters/?do=findComment&comment=4118197'>More sharing options...
nwphil Posted January 14, 2021 Share #27  Posted January 14, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 19 minutes ago, hdmesa said: Looks like the Q lens is not so great for IR. B+W IR 092 – screenshot from LR with highlights pulled all the way back: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! I would assume that does not matter which Q version is in question..... IR 920 it seems - might be too strong too? do you happen to have anything in the 700's range? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmesa Posted January 14, 2021 Share #28  Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, nwphil said: I would assume that does not matter which Q version is in question..... IR 920 it seems - might be too strong too? do you happen to have anything in the 700's range? It's "B+W 092" but that is IR 695, so basically super-dark red. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited January 14, 2021 by hdmesa attach image Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/316917-leica-q2-monochrom-colour-filters/?do=findComment&comment=4118229'>More sharing options...
nwphil Posted January 14, 2021 Share #29  Posted January 14, 2021 Thanks - so it seems that it is a 695nm https://kolarivision.com/articles/choosing-a-filter/ I recall that when I had the M8, it was one of my 700's filters that held the best results - not sure if a 720 or 760 as I have both. Then lens itself  (not so much focal) might be the culprit here - other IR sensor conversion companies list lenses that are know to not be suitable for IR photography - the dreaded hot spot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmesa Posted January 14, 2021 Share #30  Posted January 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, nwphil said: Thanks - so it seems that it is a 695nm https://kolarivision.com/articles/choosing-a-filter/ I recall that when I had the M8, it was one of my 700's filters that held the best results - not sure if a 720 or 760 as I have both. Then lens itself  (not so much focal) might be the culprit here - other IR sensor conversion companies list lenses that are know to not be suitable for IR photography - the dreaded hot spot Yes, looks like the Q2M lens has a huge hotspot right in the center. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmesa Posted January 15, 2021 Share #31 Â Posted January 15, 2021 Update to say I'm returning the Leica UV filter and won't be buying the Leica color filters. The Leica UVÂ almost got stuck on the lens this evening, I assume due to the aluminum construction instead of brass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ99 Posted January 15, 2021 Share #32 Â Posted January 15, 2021 3 hours ago, hdmesa said: Update to say I'm returning the Leica UV filter and won't be buying the Leica color filters. The Leica UVÂ almost got stuck on the lens this evening, I assume due to the aluminum construction instead of brass. I had ordered the 3 Leica filters, but instead went with Heliopan, very happy so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmesa Posted January 15, 2021 Share #33  Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, JJ99 said: I had ordered the 3 Leica filters, but instead went with Heliopan, very happy so far. I have a 49mm Heliopan linear polarizer I use with my Q-P – great construction and function function, plus it has more neutral color than my B+W CPL. I have a B+W color filter set now – thinking the orange will be the one that stays on the lens most of the time. I wish B+W made a green filter. Edited January 15, 2021 by hdmesa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwphil Posted January 15, 2021 Share #34  Posted January 15, 2021 34 minutes ago, hdmesa said: I have a 49mm Heliopan linear polarizer I use with my Q-P – great construction and function function, plus it has more neutral color than my B+W CPL. I have a B+W color filter set now – thinking the orange will be the one that stays on the lens most of the time. I wish B+W made a green filter. indeed they do not https://schneiderkreuznach.com/en/photo-optics/b-w-filters/filtertypes/nd-100-series-1 which is somewhat weird - Heliopan are great but they tend to have thick (read "tall") rims, which can lead to some vignetting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmesa Posted January 15, 2021 Share #35  Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, nwphil said: indeed they do not https://schneiderkreuznach.com/en/photo-optics/b-w-filters/filtertypes/nd-100-series-1 which is somewhat weird - Heliopan are great but they tend to have thick (read "tall") rims, which can lead to some vignetting Yes, my Heliopan linear polarizer has a very tall ring. Thankfully on the Q, there is so much distortion correction in the corners that I've yet to use a single filter that did vignette. I have to stack two of the B+W F-Pro color filters to get vignetting, and those are have tall rings as well. I do like the height of the B+W color filter rings (F-Pro) since it makes them easier to change out. The B+W MRC Nano Clear is very thin and not so easy to grip to remove. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giguchan Posted January 20, 2021 Share #36  Posted January 20, 2021 Same here., I have ALL B+W Filters and are quite satisfied with my purchase. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancook Posted February 25, 2021 Share #37  Posted February 25, 2021 I paid £9 delivered for some 22 year old filters off ebay - yellow, orange, red I did some test shots, so far so good.. In my tests I was curious to how much light was cut down too - 6400, 6400, 12500, 16000 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! No Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr Yellow Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr Orange Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr Red Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr  Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! No Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr Yellow Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr Orange Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr Red Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr  ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/316917-leica-q2-monochrom-colour-filters/?do=findComment&comment=4148547'>More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted February 25, 2021 Share #38  Posted February 25, 2021 47 minutes ago, dancook said: I paid £9 delivered for some 22 year old filters off ebay - yellow, orange, red I did some test shots, so far so good.. In my tests I was curious to how much light was cut down too - 6400, 6400, 12500, 16000 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! No Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr Yellow Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr Orange Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr Red Filter by Daniel Cook, on Flickr  One of my favorite beers. Great memories of fun times Brussels and Brugge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Friedman Posted March 13, 2022 Share #39  Posted March 13, 2022 A couple of photos comparing the variation in response of the Q2M on skin tones. The first is a B&W light red filter. The second, one of several filters I use for astronomy - a Baader Planetarium green continuum filter, which passes a narrow (10nm) wide slice of the spectrum centered at 540nm. My 2" astronomy filters have 48mm threads, so a step down ring is used to adapt the filter to the Q2M 49mm thread. This causes some vignetting, also the exposure was quite a bit longer (ISO 1000 in red, 5000 in green). The green filter is not very kind to older skin though a dermatologist would probably enjoy it a lot. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/316917-leica-q2-monochrom-colour-filters/?do=findComment&comment=4400265'>More sharing options...
RobM Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share #40  Posted March 13, 2022 Alan, I think you are missing the main difference: the Baader added a pair of glasses to your face! How they do that us beyond me, but it has certainly made me think twice about purchasing one! 😀 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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