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Re: [OM] Do filter coatings alter image quality?

Subject: Re: [OM] Do filter coatings alter image quality?
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 17:42:45 -0500
The 1975 Robb Smith Amphoto publication "The Tiffen Practical 
Filter Manual," on pg. 83, under the heading "Portrature," says:

"For portrature in tungsten lighting, use a No. 11 (Green 2) for 
general-purpose tonal correction with male subjects.  For a more 
rugged appearance with male subjects, use a No. 13 (Green 2)."

Walt

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "John Hudson" <13874@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:15:02 -0400

>> Ansel Adams used green filters too, for the same purpose. If I 
>>am not mistaken, B & W portraits of men were with green filters 
>>to give an evenness to skin tone and to give a nice tanned 
>>appearance.
>>
>> Winsor Crosby
>> Long Beach, California, USA
>
>On the basis that colour filters in B & W lighten their own 
>colours and darken their compliments in the final print, a green 
>filter would darken the generally red / brown coloured zits and 
>pimples and pinkish skin tones of a white / caucasian person.  
>Darkening up the skin tones of such a person might work but not 
>at the expense of accentuating scars, pimples, and other skin 
>blemishes.
>
>jh
>
 


 
                   

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