I prefer multicoated filters over non-coated filters but wouldn't turn down a filter just because it's made in Japan. In fact nikon filters, made in Japan, are excellent and my preference for my Nikon lenses.
I want to get a few colored filters for black and white film photography - yellow, orange, and red. These will be used with Konica Hexanon AR lenses on a Konica Autoreflex T4, and possibly also with my Pentax MX gear, using step up rings.
There are tons of used filters available on eBay at reasonable prices. Can I consider any filter which was "made in Japan" in the analog heydays to be of reasonable quality? Or would it be worth the extra time and cost to seek out a more modern filter from Hoya or B+W with multicoating? By "reasonable quality" I mean, am I going to see any difference in image quality between a moderate quality filter compared to the top shelf ones?
Right now I have my eye on a set of Toshiba brand filters, made in Japan, but I can't find any specific info to tell me if the Toshiba filters were "cheap" filters - or comparable to the ones Canon, Minolta, and Nikon were putting their names on back in the 1970s.
And how would the 1970s Canon, Minolta, and Nikon filters compare to modern filters by Hoya, Marumi, or B+W?
Yes, that would be positively horrifying to buy "someone else's old crap with mars, scratches, fungus, messed up screw threads, etc." Photography as we know it would come to a screeching halt. Quelle horreur! Gahd, and that old crap might not be multicoated.Same with lenses! Amiright? Never buy used lenses!
And used cameras! Especially those old, wretched, film cameras.Yes, that would be positively horrifying to buy "someone else's old crap with mars, scratches, fungus, messed up screw threads, etc." Photography as we know it would come to a screeching halt.
I know you're being sarcastic, but I've been racking my brain and I can't think of one single piece of equipment currently in my possession that I bought new, other than my contact printing frame. I make portraits almost exclusively these days, and my favorite pictures have all come from equipment that passed through untold numbers of hands before mine.Same with lenses! Amiright? Never buy used lenses!
Well, with large format, you are kinda stuck. Today, I shot with an orange B+W, filter on an old 35-year-old Schneider lens. The filter made the lens look almost new.Same with lenses! Amiright? Never buy used lenses!
Cameras, spouses, everything is old and used nowadays.I know you're being sarcastic, but I've been racking my brain and I can't think of one single piece of equipment currently in my possession that I bought new, other than my contact printing frame. I make portraits almost exclusively these days, and my favorite pictures have all come from equipment that passed through untold numbers of hands before mine.
Cameras, spouses, everything is old and used nowadays.
Cameras, spouses, everything is old and used nowadays.
Well, this is another way to see it...The filter made the lens look almost new.
These days we can get our spouses and ourselves refurbished.
I always used wratten, cut to size 100mm, 27 mm (14 mm Nikon WA with rear fitting) it was the standard....
I wish...
Obviously you know something we don't. Please share your information. Much to be gained here.
As for me, my cameras seem to be in better condition than I am. Nowadays I don't seem to click as I did before...
Well, I dug up my ole Birth Certificate to see if the Hospital contract included a lifetime replacement warranty. Haven't heard back.....
I want to get a few colored filters for black and white film photography - yellow, orange, and red. These will be used with Konica Hexanon AR lenses on a Konica Autoreflex T4, and possibly also with my Pentax MX gear, using step up rings.
There are tons of used filters available on eBay at reasonable prices. Can I consider any filter which was "made in Japan" in the analog heydays to be of reasonable quality? Or would it be worth the extra time and cost to seek out a more modern filter from Hoya or B+W with multicoating? By "reasonable quality" I mean, am I going to see any difference in image quality between a moderate quality filter compared to the top shelf ones?
in my honest opinion, through trial and error, when it comes to filters shooting B&W film, it is best to skip filters altogether - and leave any filtering to be done in the darkroom for the printing phase, with only ONE exception: when shooting ONLY the sky for cloud shots, red filters mostly.
in my honest opinion, through trial and error, when it comes to filters shooting B&W film, it is best to skip filters altogether - and leave any filtering to be done in the darkroom for the printing phase, with only ONE exception: when shooting ONLY the sky for cloud shots, red filters mostly.
So please explain exactly how you will get the infrared film to take photographs showing the infrared images without the proper filters such as R23, R25, R29, R72?
I've bought used lenses many times but always trusted sources. I've really been disappointed with these lenses. I rather buy used name-brand than 3rd party new!Yes, that would be positively horrifying to buy "someone else's old crap with mars, scratches, fungus, messed up screw threads, etc." Photography as we know it would come to a screeching halt. Quelle horreur! Gahd, and that old crap might not be multicoated.
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