Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Found a reference ... where the guy said that the Heliopan had less color shift than "others". Will try to find the filter... B+H has them. Thanks Bob..... Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net I remember a thread in getdpi.com about this. Look under Medium Format (Dante's Inferno) and filter for a thread about ND filters. I person on there did a lot of testing. Membership is free and worthwhile. Bob On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>wrote: > I am interested in slowing down things, a lot. I had picked out a 10 > stop ND filter, then did a bit more research, where I found this > tidbit...( though it is for a 6 stop reduction) > > > > "This B+W Neutral Density Filter reduces the light by six f-stops. > With this filter and without changing the f-stop, a shutter speed of > 1/60 s is changed to a full second, thus requiring the use of a > tripod. Flowing water is rendered as flowing in the photo, and people > moving in streets are dissolved in unsharpness or become invisible. > Because of its higher transmission in the red beyond 660 nm, this > filter brings a slightly warm tone to color photographs. If this > effect is undesirable, a B+W UV-/IR-Blocking Filter > 486 > in front of the neutral density filter (not behind it) remedies that > situation. The filter factor is 64x." > > > > > > Has anyone ever heard of a ND filter of this strength being a bit warm > toned? > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net >