On Nov 17, 2009, at 6:53 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > The only filter I carry & use is a polarizer. Digital let me retire a lot of > filters I no longer need. > Ditto. A polarizer is still useful, particularly for cutting reflections, but the rest of the filter bag is pretty much history. paul > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Enhancing filter > > >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Richard D Bush >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I realize that our digital cameras can do all kinds of in-camera-tricks. >>>> Taking to the outside of the camera, has anyone had experience with an >>>> enhancing filter? These liven up the reds, oranges and yellows and seem to >>>> be an easy way to jack up an autumn scene of falling leaves in all their >>>> glory. >>>> >>>> If so, maybe you could send me a couple of fall shots with this filter >>>> screwed to the front of their favorite lens. >>>> >>> Why not just up the saturation and contrast in the camera (if >>> recording JPEGs) or in the RAW converter? Dispensing with filters in >>> most circumstances is one of the bonuses of working with digital >>> capture ... you don't need them for most such effects. >> >> I second Godfrey's suggestion. >> >> I have one of those filters and found it of very limited use even back >> in the film days. Too difficult to predict what the result is going to >> look like (the human eye/brain does too much compensating when looking >> through the filter). They tend to make skies look really weird, so you >> need to keep sky out of your image. Some colors they enhance too >> little and some too much (I have a lot of slides that I had to scan >> and desaturate significantly because of one of these filters). >> >> Save your money for something useful like a nice bottle of wine. :) > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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