Re: [Leica] Re: Filter and shades

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

"A.H.SCHMIDT" wrote:
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> Don't get your tits in a tangle,  Amateurs aren't necessarily to stupid, not to
> know,  the problems a UV filter can course. I am definitely an amateur
> (photographic that is).
> But I don't use UV filters. However I use a filter, when it is needed, I can not
> remember shooting B&W without a yellow filter. I don't care what the film
> manufacturers say, about being super panchromatic or whatever. I use it, and are
> happy with it.
> 
> Nothing like a happy amateur, is there?
> 
> Regards,   Horst Schmidt
> 
> N.B. also don't see the need for lens caps. The sun shade left on the lens is the
> answer, I believe.
> 
Don't get your panties in a bunch, A yellow filter is murder on skin
tones and makes the cold shadows (from the cyan in the sky) next to
trees and rocks go black. A great filter if you were shooting just
clouds and you wanted the blue/cyan sky to come out just a tad darker
and appear on the print as it appears when you look at it. It cuts out
more UV but at the expense of flesh tones and shadow contrast.
A Yellow Green filter (I use B+W 060) is in effect a yellow filter with
a touch of cyan added to prevent the cold shadows from dropping out,
lightens the greens of foliage which generally helps, cuts through UV
better for definite tone in sky and juicy clouds and most importantly
helps instead of hinders skin tones (ever get any people in the shot?) I
love those John Wayne John Ford movies "Wore a yellow ribbon" or
whatever what you see the mesas of Utah and the two ton clouds and the
shoulders ride up in a big line and they all have white lips and pasty
skin. They're using at least an Orange on many of those shots if not a Red.
I just take the yellow off indoors where if anything you might need just
the opposite; a very light blue to offset the pasty effect of tungsten
lights on skin tones.
With the Yellow Green you loose a stop, a Yellow a half stop.
Mark :-) Rabiner