Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A really smart Leica
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:23:22 -0600
References: <11.18a57347.2c949841@aol.com> <3F638163.8FE698EF@rabinergroup.com> <12923602849.20030913213657@sonc.com>

Hi Sonny,

And no colour up here either.

Regards,

Greg

Sonny Carter wrote:

>Mark,
>
>I don't think it really matters if it is blue or brown, or even green.
>The whole point to a viewing filter is to make the scene monocromatic
>so you can get a sense of what it will look like in BW.  The blue only
>lets blue light through, and the Wratten 90 has a sepia look to it, so
>if your mind is easily tricked, and lots of hollywood directors' are,
>you'll see no color, unless you are in the UK and then you'll see no
>colour.
>
>Sonny
>http://www.sonc.com
>
>
>
>Saturday, September 13, 2003, 1:43:15 PM, you wrote:
>
>MR> Afterswift@aol.com wrote:
>  
>
>>>In a message dated 9/13/03 7:54:08 AM,
>>>tarek.charara@pix-that-stimulate.com
>>>writes:
>>>
>>><< Bluish? I still have one of those viewing filters, they are amber (sorta
>>>brownish). Made by AGFA. >>
>>>
>>>It's some years since I took that movie course at NYU, so I may have
>>>forgotten the color of the filter.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>MR> What color are the ones from Calumet?
>
>MR> I think the blue would be fore the western hemisphere and the warm for
>MR> the eastern Yea that's the ticket. Did ya know white is evil over there
>MR> and BLACK is good! (really I think)
>MR> Just shows to go ya the grass is always amberer!
>
>MR> Why would you color it? I thought i knew everything! :)
>MR> Do the shadows need to go up or down?
>MR> I like those John Ford movies. Filters R us. John Wayne rides in with
>MR> white lips but the skies are great. The Cirro-cumulus are rumbling with
>MR> the Cumulo-stratus. Look at the detail. And the  Fisher Towers, Utah. In
>MR> the bottom of the background.
>MR> Bokeh? Forgedaboudit!
>
>MR> But then he jumps off his horse and his lips are black in close-up. Must
>MR> have switched to ortho. Tricky lighting. Can't trust those meters.
>
>
>MR> Mark Rabiner
>MR> Portland, Oregon USA
>MR> http://www.rabinergroup.com
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