Cheap coloured filters

abdoujaparov said:
I fancy trying out a yellow filter on the SQ-A. I'm not so fussed on spending £30-£40 on one, though. Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap ones, e.g these that AG sell? Or is it just a false economy and I should look out for a good branded second-hand one?

http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/black--white-filters-501-c.asp
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Keith. I wouldn't hesitate to buy those. The objection to budget filters is usually that they produce a colour cast. Not a problem for Black and White.
 
abdoujaparov said:
I fancy trying out a yellow filter on the SQ-A. I'm not so fussed on spending £30-£40 on one, though. Does anyone have any recommendations for cheap ones, e.g these that AG sell? Or is it just a false economy and I should look out for a good branded second-hand one?

http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/black--white-filters-501-c.asp
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It's a shame that you didn't ask this question a few weeks ago. Calumet were having a big sale on a number of their filters, which are supposedly rebadged B+W filters, and the 67mm filters were £12, including the yellow, red, green, and yellow-green varieties.

You can also cruise around eBay or Ffordes to see what they have available, which I've done in the past, but do be careful on eBay as there are some counterfeit filters floating about.

I must say though, I have a few coloured filters, but to be honest, I rarely ever see much of a difference from them. I do, however, notice a difference when using polarising filters with colour film.

trevorbray said:
Keith. I wouldn't hesitate to buy those. The objection to budget filters is usually that they produce a colour cast. Not a problem for Black and White.
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You're right that you won't have to worry about colour casts, but one thing to note is that better filters typically have better coating which makes them easier to keep clean and less vulnerable to ghosting.
 
Before you decide on 67mm screw in filters have a look at Cokin P series filters with holder and 67mm lens ring,this system I have found gives greater flexibility when you are our shooting and wanting to change filters,slide one out slide the next in,also if you wish to stack filters for say ND levels the holder takes up to three,so again greater ease of use.

The system does not only restrict you to Cokin as Kood,also make the p size and you will see the Jessops pro filter in this size as well all good quality at prices on the bay of between £5 and £10 plus a £5 note for the holder and lens ring adapter.
 
... and if you find the square filters are just too bulky in your bag, there are also good quality filters available second hand on the bay, and from time to time in charity shops/booties...
 
I use screw ins. I buy big uns (77mm) and use a selection of step up rings so I can utilise them on different lenses.
 
id go straight to orange ,,
 
abdoujaparov said:
Ta. I might just go for whichever yellow/orange bargain I find first :D
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Probably a good idea... I always had yellow filters and was perfectly happy with them untl I put an orange one on. Now the yellow stays in the bag. I know I should be more carefully discriminating about the different situations, but I've not had cause to be sorry about the orange. Red, OTOH, didn't really work for me. Maybe the view through the finder is to violent... I think they're also denser and harder to see through.

One of the side benefits of the orange for me is that it's so easy to see in the viewfinder, it reminds me that I'm shooting the camera with black and white film in it (the black and silver one), rather than the all-black camera with colour film. I can never quite work out which is the sensible way round!
 
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