Out of luck with filters

[chip j]

Seems B+W doesn't make a light yellow, dark yellow, a yellow-green or a red-orange anymore. This must be due to digital. Heliopan makes a light yellow but $60 is more than I care to spend.

 

[macfred]

Please visit Schneider Kreuznach - Optische Werke http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/en/photo-imaging/product-range/b-w-fotofilter/
They still have listed B+W Filters :
F-Pro 022 Light Yellow Filter
F-Pro 090 Light Red Filter
F-Pro 040 Orange Filter
F-Pro 091 Dark Red Filter

 

[Helios 1984]

Anything good among the vintage east-german filters?

 

[Michael L.]

Anything good among the vintage east-german filters?

In my experience, definitely! Arnz-Jena and Panchromar filters are of very high quality.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Check used prices. Look at KEH.com for example.

 

[Alan Gales]

Check Ebay too.

 

[locutus]

Heliopan still makes new multicoated colour filters for B&W (so, traditional yellow/orange/red/blue/green/etc). I have a set bought from Macodirect.de in germany and i am totally happy with them.

 

[AgX]

Heliopan still got 7 contrast filters on their "current" listing. Plus both 2 Greens to be sold out. Blue is gone.

 

[chip j]

I checked Ebay and barely lucked into a new 62mm red-orange B+W, which is going to have to do double- duty-fit my 52mm Nikkors. But I always used lens hoods when possible, and I won't be able to w/62mm. And I don't like to pay for multi-coated filters.

 

[Sirius Glass]

And I don't like to pay for multi-coated filters.

Why? You would rather have stray light reflections in your photographs? Multicoated lenses transmit light better than single coated lenses. They are made and sell well for good reasons.

 

[darkroommike]

I'm not sure the 060 Yellow Green B+W has been made in a while but I'm sure they turn up on Ebay (looking at one right now). Ditto for Heliopan, Nikon and Hoya also make a yellow green though the Nikon ones are only in "old Nikon" sizes, e.g. 52mm, 62mm, etc.

 

[Helios 1984]

In my experience, definitely! Arnz-Jena and Panchromar filters are of very high quality.

That's good to know. I was looking for East-German filters to pair with my Tessar 50mm 2.8.

 

[chip j]

Why? You would rather have stray light reflections in your photographs? Multicoated lenses transmit light better than single coated lenses. They are made and sell well for good reasons.

Good Grief! I'm on a fixed income and won't use that particular filter that much. I have a great many filters in all sizes from 46mm thru 82mm and don't want to spend a lot now for the few I need.

 

[chip j]

Can someone find me a 52mm red-orange filter (B+W 041 in color)? For under $50? Heliopan has discontinued what seems to be their "basic" orange one.

 

[Helios 1984]

Can someone find me a 52mm red-orange filter (B+W 041)?

Edit: Nevermind I thought I had found something but it wasn't the right size ^^

 

[Molli]

I'm not sure if this is what you're after or not, as it states "Orange" at the end of it's descriptive title (and also looks distinctly orange). At any rate, it's under $50, is 52mm and is listed as B+W 041:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Original...547000?hash=item1c6b13d878:g:s3gAAOSwSdZWcNMS

 

[AgX]

Why? You would rather have stray light reflections in your photographs? Multicoated lenses transmit light better than single coated lenses. They are made and sell well for good reasons.

Filter coating is the least I bother with. Most lenses we use are so complex that these two air-glass planes would not matter much.
(But the majority of used filters I come across are at least single coated anyway.)


One even can be more picky and only buy "ghostless" filters. Theses are not grinded plane flat, but plane spherical.

 

[chip j]

YES!! Thanks, Molli. The one on the link you gave me did look orange, but the was another one in that vicinity that's great. $23 & I can relax. Thanks, again. Chip

 

[macfred]

I buy my B+W filters at fotologisch.com https://www.fotologisch.com/b-w-fotofilter
They also have older B+W filters ('Filter-Raritäten') https://www.fotologisch.com/b-w-fotofilter/b-w-schwarzweissfilter/b-w-schwarzweissfilter-raritaeten (even the 041 Orange in 52mm https://www.fotologisch.com/b-w-fot...weissfilter-041-rot-orange-mrc-52-0-mm?c=2237).
Unfortunately they only ship in Europe.

 

[Molli]

YES!! Thanks, Molli. The one on the link you gave me did look orange, but the was another one in that vicinity that's great. $23 & I can relax. Thanks, again. Chip

You're welcome!

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Seems B+W doesn't make a light yellow, dark yellow, a yellow-green or a red-orange anymore. This must be due to digital. Heliopan makes a light yellow but $60 is more than I care to spend.

have you checked for Tiffen filters?

 

[chip j]

Yes, but Tiffen never made a the light yellow to match the Nikon or B+W or yellow green or a red orange, to my knowledge.

 

[darkroommike]

Yes, but Tiffen never made a the light yellow to match the Nikon or B+W or yellow green or a red orange, to my knowledge.

Tiffen makes a filter they called a #11 yellow green in their description, visually it looks more green than a Hoya or Nikon X0 but would probably work just fine. You can also get the Cokin P006 and the Kodak #102 and #11 gels if you want to cash in your retirement fund.

 

[thuggins]

I just picked up a set of Hoya red, orange and yellow filters from Amazon. $20 each or less. Check out

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AI1F1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

As for single vs. multi-coated, I shot many images and got great results with Tiffen filters in my younger days. As with anything else in photography, the skill of the user is more important than the equipment.

 

[darkroommike]

Can someone find me a 52mm red-orange filter (B+W 041 in color)? For under $50? Heliopan has discontinued what seems to be their "basic" orange one.

You could try looking where filters are actually sold, I think I mentioned Ebay earlier.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-B-...547000?hash=item1c6b13d878:g:s3gAAOSwSdZWcNMS