A good book about filters?

Dani · Mar 5, 2016

I was reading the Steve Simmons book and got to the section where he's recommending filters for black and white and got some suggestions and then sent me to my library or book store to where I would find "an abundance of informative books on the subject".
Any ideas of books on the subject? Thank you!

AgX · Mar 5, 2016

I got about a dozen books on that subject. But the most and the best are not in English...
The ultimate book still has to be written

In general thorough thinking about the subject should give you insight too. The major question is, what colour of the scene you want to put at what grey-level.
A range of filter-curves (e.g. Wratten-listing) and some mathematical knowledge would help too.

BrianShaw · Mar 5, 2016

One of the best filter books I've found are the filter catalogs: B+W and Hoya.

Theo Sulphate · Mar 5, 2016

"The Photographer's Guide to Filters" by Lee Frost.

Covers the basics.

Michael L. · Mar 5, 2016

Do you read German? If you do, I can heartily recommend "Filterpraxis" by Hans Clauss and Heinz Mausel (VEB Fotokinoverlag, 3rd ed. 1974). Lots of transmission curves and examples.
Copies are plentiful on http://www.zvab.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Clauss+Meusel&sts=t&tn=Filterpraxis

Dani · Mar 5, 2016

I can read some German. I'll look those two books up. Thank you!

doughowk · Mar 5, 2016

Though published by a filter manufacturer [Lee Filters], the book "Inspiring Professionals: the landscape photographer's guide to using filters" is excellent. It includes sections by various well-known photographers such as Charlie Waite, Joe Cornish, etc..

John Koehrer · Mar 6, 2016

Kodak had several in their series of publications most of them are soft cover.

Prof_Pixel · Mar 6, 2016

Here are a couple of references for you:

http://www.ohio.edu/people/schneidw/vico222/222Handouts/295filtr.pdf

http://musane.sourceforge.net/proje...ers-for-scientific-and-technical-uses-b-3.pdf

Dani · Mar 6, 2016

Thank you very much! I've ordered some of those books and I'll check out the PDFs next.

RalphLambrecht · Mar 6, 2016

Dani said:
I was reading the Steve Simmons book and got to the section where he's recommending filters for black and white and got some suggestions and then sent me to my library or book store to where I would find "an abundance of informative books on the subject".
Any ideas of books on the subject? Thank you!

The best bok I've seen on the subject is from Kodak.The title escapes me at the moment but it is listed in the biographyof'Way Beyond Monochrome'if you have a copy ofthat handy.

dwross · Mar 7, 2016

RalphLambrecht said:
The best bok I've seen on the subject is from Kodak.The title escapes me at the moment but it is listed in the biographyof'Way Beyond Monochrome'if you have a copy ofthat handy.

Eastman Kodak Company, Kodak Filters, Kodak Publication B-3, 1981 (Ralph's book is excellent; highly recommend.)

Also, older but very comprehensive and useful: Photographic Filters, by Glover and Wakefield. http://thelightfarm.com/cgi-bin/PhotoFilters.py

and Natural Light Photography, by Ansel Adams

amellice · Mar 7, 2016

Kodak book is good

DREW WILEY · Mar 7, 2016

The old Kodak book is the best. It deals especially well with the traditional Wratten numbering system and specific spectrograms and applications.
Makers of modern glass filters still either use these numbers or tend to give comparison charts referencing them.

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