Re: [Leica] "Filters for the 75/1.4M indoors?"- Certainly!Especially for ne...

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Mark-
In the 60's I had the "Fr" color printing system that had the three filters
mounted on the card- I think you are right in that each or the three
exposures was made holding each filter in front of the lens for each
successive sexposure- and he may have used the same set up on a card!
Dan
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] "Filters for the 75/1.4M indoors?"-
Certainly!Especially for ne...


> Dan Post wrote:
> >
> > Jean-Claude-
> > Interesting idea, but you would want to try using the three tri-color
> > printing filters- RED25, BLUE49 and GREENsomething else- The values are
in
> > one of Kodak's books. I did an Interesting experiment to show a class in
> > psychology the theory of color perception- taking three B&W photos, one
each
> > with a red, green and blue printing filter, making B&W slides with Kodak
> > Direct Positive film and then projecting them through three projectors
with
> > each slide shown through the corresponding filter with which it was
taken. I
> > had to use three rolls of film, and different exposures to get three B&W
> > slides that rendered anything close to true colors but it was
impressive...
> > I just don't want to try it again!
> > I am sure that you could read the red, green, and blue light but it
would be
> > a very tedious process- similar to to the photo that I saw done of a
> > landscape (seascape, actually)- everything was still except the surf.
The
> > photographer had made three exposure on the film- one through a red
filter,
> > one through a green filter, and one through a blue filter- using the
> > internal meter.
> > When the shot was printed- the beach and shore, cliffs, and rocks were
> > perfectly registered- but the surf that had been in motion was a
veritable
> > rainbow! interesting shot!
> > I am sure you could do it, if the shot was critical enough, and you had
> > plenty of time!!!
> > Dan
> ><snip>
>
> I remember that shot of the surf from the Pop Photography cover in the
late
> '70's early '80's! They had the three filters mounted on a long card that
I
> think you dropped so all three consecutively passed in front of the lens.
Or You
> just held all three consecutively. Makes your pictures look like you need
3D glasses.
> Mark Rabiner