Annibale G. Posted September 8, 2008 Share #1 Posted September 8, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) How do you mount your contrast filter for black and white on your M camera? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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treeplanter Posted September 8, 2008 Share #2 Posted September 8, 2008 Just pick the appropriate filter (yellow, orange or red) and screw onto the front of the lens. JIm B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 8, 2008 Share #3 Posted September 8, 2008 Filters are not needed really, as any filter (except pol and IR) can be mimicked in photoshop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted September 9, 2008 Share #4 Posted September 9, 2008 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonsi Posted September 9, 2008 Share #5 Posted September 9, 2008 Filters are not needed really, as any filter (except pol and IR) can be mimicked in photoshop. 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 9, 2008 Share #6 Posted September 9, 2008 Filters are not needed really, as any filter (except pol and IR) can be mimicked in photoshop. So how do you mimic say a yellow filter if you're shooting b&w film? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annibale G. Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted September 9, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well I was talking about a M7, I shoot in B/W film , I don't think Photoshop will help. Does not Leica sell filter for Black and White for M series camera? At least seem on the web site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted September 9, 2008 Share #8 Posted September 9, 2008 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 9, 2008 Share #9 Posted September 9, 2008 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annibale G. Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share #10 Posted September 9, 2008 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 9, 2008 Share #11 Posted September 9, 2008 Willkommen bei Foto Huppert Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 9, 2008 Share #12 Posted September 9, 2008 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 9, 2008 Share #13 Posted September 9, 2008 So how do you mimic say a yellow filter if you're shooting b&w film? :D I did not notice I was outside the digital territory of this forum:o Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted September 9, 2008 Share #14 Posted September 9, 2008 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. 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 9, 2008 Share #15 Posted September 9, 2008 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Negative Posted September 15, 2008 Share #16 Posted September 15, 2008 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. Seems to me that if you know the effects of filters, then you should also know how to screw one onto a lens! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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