Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The discussion about IR caused me to go through some of my old stuff last
night. I have several Leica filters. The E43 marked IR is almost black. I
have another in E39 that seems to be less dense. It is not marked IR but is
very similar.
This information was copied from an old B+W filter instruction brochure.
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B+W Filter Color Suggested Uses
Number
010 UVa UV / Haze
for daylight color film.
and
black and white film
021 Light yellow All outdoor
b&w photography.
(Landscape with clouds and low sun )
022 Medium yellow Landscape with
clouds and high sun.
Pictures with sunshine and deep shadows.
023 Dark yellow Increased
effect with landscape, clouds and
high
sun.
040 Yellow-orange For exaggerated
light effects. To give
041 Orange-yellow atmosphere of
storm with cloud landscape.
060 Yellow-green General
photography of all types in daylight.
061 Green All
daylight photography. Photography by
artificial light to increase true tone values of
green and red ( still life ).
080 Blue Exposure
by artificial light.
090 Light red For
penetrating haze in long distance
photography ( clouds in mountain
landscapes )
091 Dark red Same effect
as light red but with increased
effect ( moonlight effect ).
092 Infra red For infra
red film material.
093 Black For infra
red film material.
101 Neutral gray Light reducing
filter.
102 Neutral gray Light reducing
filter
103 Neutral gray Light reducing
filter.
"Cynic, n. a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as
they are, not as they ought to be." --Ambrose Bierce
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