B/W & Colour Filters

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Hi there. I never used B/W film in the past as for me it was too expensive too get developed but now that im all digital i have found a love for it. I have bought a cokin 001 Yellow & 003 Red too have a little play around with but so far i am finding that the red filter dose not seem as sharp as i would have thought could this be due too the filter being of poor quality or the darkness of the filter (or the photographer being of poor quality :D) the yellow filter dose seem a bit sharper. I know you can turn the camera too B/W and add a colour filter in camera but as i shoot RAW the camera will always record the raw colour image i also know the fillters in photoshop can be add and the intensity of each colour can be adgusted too sute but i feel its better too get the filter infront of the lens and get the effect at the start before converting too B/W Fair enough the colour image is now almost usless apart from B/W bat if you are shooting with that in mind what the hey. I would like too use these filters in portrait work any advice on using them would be great fully reseved. when i get the chance i will upload a couple of the images they ar not good but just test shots. As i tend too go on a bit you can WAKE UP now :lol: :nuts:
 
am i reading this right ??

you are using filters that would only be used on black and white film on a digital camera ?
 
donutagain said:
am i reading this right ??

you are using filters that would only be used on black and white film on a digital camera ?
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You are indead reading this correct :D , The colour image with the red filter on looks like it was taken on Mars but flick the convert too B/W check box in RAW and all changes i have used the filters in photoshop and seen a noted difference i the image and was trying too get the same or better with the filter on camera. :canon:
 
I've never bothered using filters designed for B&W film when shooting digital - I do the same thing in PP. Pretty much the only filters I use are polarisers and they're a bit harder to duplicate in PP!
 
It seams then im doing it all wrong then :) (nothing new there then :thumbs: ) just thought id give it a try aint no hatm in that mind you i`ll keep using them too see what results i can get. Now too find out why i cant upload the shots :bang:.
 
If you shoot in B&W JPG mode then you will see the effects directly but if you have to convert in PP anyway, may as well just hit the filter button in PP.

I have some old 72mm coloured circular polarisers that were meant for B&W film, I use them with digital but I'm already known to be a weirdo anyway..

Enjoy the art that is why we do it.
 
Ahhh ! thats the spirit listen too everything people say then say thanx and do your own way :lol: .Thanx for the input guys i`ll probabley use both tech as i only have the red and yellow but i do hope i`ll get it right at some point
 
hope this works here are the images for you rip apart for being wrong :)

Red Filter :-


Yellow Filter :-


Get in it worked :)
 
If I've gone out with both the digital and film camera's, I tend to use the digital for whatever film isn't loaded in the 35mm. So, If i've got Velvia in the EOS-3, I'll shoot as if i've BnW film in the EOS450D. I tend to shoot RAW+Jpeg, so I get a BnW preview shot to help me visualise things, and I have been known to occasionally slip a red or orange filter over the lens - just to see how much more contrast i'll be able to drag out of the same shot unfiltered and messed about with in CS4. As a rule though, I keep the BnW filters for Black and White film :shrug:
 
take colour then apply the filtration in the black and white processing

picassa 3 offers this...then you can do the contrast etc after

ps i like the selenium stuff but its not a freebie as far as i can tell
 
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