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Subject: [Leica] Big thick ND filters......
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:45:49 -0800
References: <031c01cdd49c$09106af0$1b3140d0$@verizon.net> <CCE7D2BE.277A3%mark@rabinergroup.com> <CAF8hL-EZnNiAU+n0jQUt7wtBp8sC_kgxdQxB8FbegdGZJ88hjQ@mail.gmail.com> <9CC26A7588BB4813A42B841E6D8B22F6@jimnichols>

Ah, don't say that. My wife is yelling at me that I didn't put that one in
the calendar :-) but there are only 12 months :-)

Thanks


On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:

> Richard,
>
> That first one is amazing.  Thanks for sharing.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <
> richard at richardmanphoto.com>
>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 5:02 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Big thick ND filters......
>
>
>  The longest exposure I have taken so far is 4 minutes at night, this is
>> with a 30MP medium format data back:
>>
>> http://richardmanphoto.com/**PICS/20110410-CF006397-Edit.**jpg<http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20110410-CF006397-Edit.jpg>
>>
>>
>> This is 2 min exposure right at sunset (posted a couple times already but
>> I
>> just printed it out over 3 feet long and it's really sweet). Frank, this
>> one uses the B&W 10 stopper.
>>
>> http://richardmanphoto.com/**PICS/20121122-Scanned-20-2.jpg<http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121122-Scanned-20-2.jpg>
>>
>> The best 10 stopper I read is the Lee, but you will need to get it at EBay
>> as the wait time from Lee is ~3 months+!!!!
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  There was an article on a guy who did this a year ago in one of the photo
>>> magazines. It captivated me. Always wanted to do this. Love time
>>> exposures.
>>> Be great to in the middle have a guy getting a shoe shine ; as a central
>>> theme. As a nod to the first photo ever taken with a human in it.
>>>
>>> They found out in the last couple of years that the the very first photo
>>> ever taken and its by Ni?pce of the rooftops out his window on a pewter
>>> plate did not really take all day to expose...
>>> Wait for it.....
>>> It took all week.
>>>
>>> LOVE that kinda stuff.
>>> Zero camera motion.
>>> Plenty of subject motion.
>>> But everything else super sharp.
>>>
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>> Photography
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/lugalrabs/<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/>
>>>
>>>
>>> > From: Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
>>> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> > Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:58:08 -0800
>>> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Big thick ND filters......
>>> >
>>> > 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
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
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>>
>>
>> --
>> // richard 
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>> >
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