Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"A.H.SCHMIDT" wrote: > > Wilber Jeffcoat wrote: > > > I'm sure this has been done before, BUT! When shooting b/w how many are > > using a medium yellow filter and what % of the time. Any comments that it is > > not as needed with Ilford Delta films as with the T X 400 (or Kodak in > > general) > > Cheers Wilber > > Wilber, a medium yellow fixes itself automatically on any lens, when I am using > black and white. > > Regards, Horst Schmidt Don't your flesh tones come out less than great, Horst? I find they kind of wash them out. Like when you shoot with tungsten lights. The hint of cyan in a yellow-green counteracts this is the way it works. But you loose a full stop instead of a half stop. There is also something about yellow filters stealing the light out of the shadows. As shadows tend to be cool a yellow filter will steal the light out of them. But that touch of cyan to make it go yellow-green counteracts that as well. That's the whole spiel on yellow-green. I've come clean on yellow-green. Mark (What me yellow?) Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA