Keith, over the years I have amassed a healthy collection of filters, "art" and otherwise....You have managed to find and demonstrate some of the most obscure and useless that I've ever seen, but still a fun video, and an encouragement for experimentation is appreciated. I do feel that many filters still have a great degree of usefulness, even those in the Cokin range. Graduated, spot, magnifying, neutral density, UV, polarizing, and diffuser filters all still have usefulness. I especially love my front mount wide angle and fisheye lenses, many of which were made for video and can be had on the very cheap.
Thanks! - I guessed they were a bit out of the ordinary when I spotted them in a charity shop - the same one I'd previously found quite a few old lenses at. I think more people spot this stuff these days since pickings are not what they were a few years ago :-(
I loved this episode because as a photography teacher, we need inspiration for fun ideas like using these filters. I have a whole section called “craft” photography where 1 shot idea utilizes large pans of H20 and cooking oil. The students add drops of food coloring, stir and VOILÀ their photos come out looking like abstract art. I have a Zeiss 35mm ZM that’s 49mm and the original Leica Monochrom w CCD and have played around w the colored filters but never these “trick” filters. You think these might be fun using that particular cam? The students are fascinated with this camera. If so, I am def interested in the filters. Thank you again from Austin TEJAS!
Thanks - As ever, you'd need to experiment and see ;-) I may work as a photographer, but I still like just experimenting, and you never know when it might come useful for my industrial photography or some other area.
I use ‘over the lens filters’ a lot for my in-camera photography. My criteria:- “is only do it if it can’t be done in post production, otherwise there is no point in doing it”. I must say that every one of the filters shown here have no place in my kit bag!
Indeed - probably why I paid very little for them ;-) The yellow one with the hole in it is the oddest one - not sure at all what that would have done.
I have seen a few videos on youtube where photographers praise the FL-W color correcting filter on digital, mostly for its effect on sunset shots. I don't think it's something super difficult to replicate in photoshop, but if this filter saves some time in post production and costs next to nothing, then why not.
Yes, I agree with you. I sometimes see filters praised and think it says more about a lack of Photoshop skill ;-) For 'big' prints and the like I prefer not having the filter effect 'baked in' to my RAW file. I do sometimes use ND filters to blur people slightly - but even then you can easily get too many 'detached feet' in the shot
These filters would be called 'special effect filters'. They were for fun, not for mqking money. The holed filter could have been a kind of softfocus filter. Softfocus was 'hot' in those days. David Hamilton was the best... People would buy UV filters and a jar of vaseline to smear on the filter.
Ah - definitions of 'fun' may vary ;-) If I'm honest, I thought many of them were pretty naff then as well :...A friend of mine was really into the cokin range - never could figure why :-)
Hi Keith, back in the days of film, especially BW, many photographers hand quite a few of these colored filters in their kitbag. I gave all mine away, and now only use a polarising filter. By the way Keith, did you get my email d.d Sat, 29 Jan, 01:56 ? I sent it to bw@.
@@KeithCooper Re: previous answer. I have seen versions of this DATACOLOR SPYDER 5 PRO SCREEN and MONITOR CALIBRATION TOOL, Ver 3 and 4 also. Would this help ?
Keith, over the years I have amassed a healthy collection of filters, "art" and otherwise....You have managed to find and demonstrate some of the most obscure and useless that I've ever seen, but still a fun video, and an encouragement for experimentation is appreciated. I do feel that many filters still have a great degree of usefulness, even those in the Cokin range. Graduated, spot, magnifying, neutral density, UV, polarizing, and diffuser filters all still have usefulness. I especially love my front mount wide angle and fisheye lenses, many of which were made for video and can be had on the very cheap.
Thanks! - I guessed they were a bit out of the ordinary when I spotted them in a charity shop - the same one I'd previously found quite a few old lenses at.
I think more people spot this stuff these days since pickings are not what they were a few years ago :-(
I loved this episode because as a photography teacher, we need inspiration for fun ideas like using these filters. I have a whole section called “craft” photography where 1 shot idea utilizes large pans of H20 and cooking oil. The students add drops of food coloring, stir and VOILÀ their photos come out looking like abstract art. I have a Zeiss 35mm ZM that’s 49mm and the original Leica Monochrom w CCD and have played around w the colored filters but never these “trick” filters. You think these might be fun using that particular cam? The students are fascinated with this camera. If so, I am def interested in the filters. Thank you again from Austin TEJAS!
Thanks - As ever, you'd need to experiment and see ;-)
I may work as a photographer, but I still like just experimenting, and you never know when it might come useful for my industrial photography or some other area.
I use ‘over the lens filters’ a lot for my in-camera photography. My criteria:- “is only do it if it can’t be done in post production, otherwise there is no point in doing it”. I must say that every one of the filters shown here have no place in my kit bag!
Indeed - probably why I paid very little for them ;-)
The yellow one with the hole in it is the oddest one - not sure at all what that would have done.
@@KeithCooper the photographic equivalent of trepanning …….
I have seen a few videos on youtube where photographers praise the FL-W color correcting filter on digital, mostly for its effect on sunset shots. I don't think it's something super difficult to replicate in photoshop, but if this filter saves some time in post production and costs next to nothing, then why not.
Yes, I agree with you.
I sometimes see filters praised and think it says more about a lack of Photoshop skill ;-)
For 'big' prints and the like I prefer not having the filter effect 'baked in' to my RAW file.
I do sometimes use ND filters to blur people slightly - but even then you can easily get too many 'detached feet' in the shot
These filters would be called 'special effect filters'. They were for fun, not for mqking money.
The holed filter could have been a kind of softfocus filter.
Softfocus was 'hot' in those days. David Hamilton was the best... People would buy UV filters and a jar of vaseline to smear on the filter.
Ah - definitions of 'fun' may vary ;-)
If I'm honest, I thought many of them were pretty naff then as well :...A friend of mine was really into the cokin range - never could figure why :-)
Hi Keith, back in the days of film, especially BW, many photographers hand quite a few of these colored filters in their kitbag. I gave all mine away, and now only use a polarising filter. By the way Keith, did you get my email d.d Sat, 29 Jan, 01:56 ? I sent it to bw@.
I suspect these were quite old
BTW Just checked spam filter and found message - will reply asap. Can't remotely see why it should have been dumped
@@KeithCooper Re: previous answer. I have seen versions of this DATACOLOR SPYDER 5 PRO SCREEN and MONITOR CALIBRATION TOOL, Ver 3 and 4 also. Would this help ?
You need to check the Datacolor website for software/OS compatibility - see also my Datacolor reviews on the Northlight Images site