Default color filter on Q2M?

[pmendelson]

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Have a Q2M on the way and planning to get red filter for landscape and dark skies, but wondering if I should get a yellow or orange filter as kind of a "default" filter for enhanced contrast when doing general shooting and landscape in decent light.  Thinking orange?

Thanks!

Peter

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[Hemmer]

By no stretch of the imagination am I an expert but personally Ive been very happy with using an orange filter on my Q2M in pretty much in any daylight situation.

[Leica28]

Yellow or orange works well as discussed here previously.  It all depends on what kind of image you are after, lighting conditions, etc.  

[Anakronox]

My most common color filter across my Monochroms is the B+W 40 orange filter.  It can give a dramatic look to skies and increases overall contrast.  But I still use yellow and red filters depending on the light.  If you shoot landscapes, consider a green filter so that your trees and grass stand out in the final image. 

[harmen]

I also lazily keep an orange filter mounted at all times.  It happens to work well with my wife’s skin tone, even if I would not call her orange 😁

[hdmesa]

I preferred to swap back and forth between the B+W light red and no color filtration (Zeiss T* UV). There's almost no noise penalty at higher ISOs on the Q2M, so why not?