I have a 'haze blue' filter I got from Spiratone about 40 years ago. If there is fog or mist in the air, it does emphasize it to some degree. I don't have any examples handy right now.
The other thing it can do is make 'night scenes'. On a sunny day, add the blue filter and underexpose a couple of stops and it looks like bright moonlight. That's what they used in the movies for night scenes years ago.
On a sunny day, add the blue filter and underexpose a couple of stops and it looks like bright moonlight. That's what they used in the movies for night scenes years ago.
I thought a red filter was used for this (black and white film).
Steve.
I have a 'haze blue' filter...
The other thing it can do is make 'night scenes'. On a sunny day, add the blue filter and underexpose a couple of stops and it looks like bright moonlight. That's what they used in the movies for night scenes years ago.
In theory, isn't using a blue filter on pan film equivalent to using ortho film?Yes Leo, a blue filter can sometimes enhance fog. You may also find that a polarizer turned the 'wrong' way may also enhance fog for you. You might also try ortho film. It really depends a lot on the scene, the light, the direction of the light etc.
In theory, isn't using a blue filter on pan film equivalent to using ortho film?
No.
PE
Or is it simply that blue filters don't filter all green-red light?
Explain. Does pan film react differently to blue light than ortho? The response curves vs. frequency I have seen suggest that both pan and ortho are equally sensitive within the blue end of the spectrum. Or is it simply that blue filters don't filter all green-red light?
Explain. Does pan film react differently to blue light than ortho? The response curves vs. frequency I have seen suggest that both pan and ortho are equally sensitive within the blue end of the spectrum. Or is it simply that blue filters don't filter all green-red light?
In any case though, blue filtration of a blue sensitive film, blue filtration of an ortho film and blue filtration of a pan film yields only the blue sensitive portion of those films modified by the bandpass of the filter. This thus cuts out any green and red portion of any film's sensitivity.
If the blue filter allows green light to pass, then you will see an impure blue color to the filter and you will have some component of the ortho sensitivity remain in the exposure. If the blue filter allows some red light to pass as well, then the filter becomes grayish, and functions merely as a lopsided neutral density filter.
PE
A filter that cuts out red appears blueish when held in white light.
I thought a red filter was used for this (black and white film).
Steve.
The red filter will do just the opposite. It will reduce the appearance of haze and fog.
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Doesn't a Green filter cut out Red?
So green should look blue, correct?
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