Using filters with Film RF

[louie15]

Does anyone use filters extensively on RF? I'm currently more into color photography but somehow shots are always ruined by lighting conditions. Mainly green cast due to fluorescent lighting and yellowish skin tones under tungsten lighting. Its suggested that FLD fliters can help with fluorescent lighting while 80a filters can cool down warm lighting. Of course there is always photoshop though i find it affects skin tones as well.

 

[FBA]

I shoot slides extensively and I have used Tiffen 812 warming filter when shooting with Provia 100F slide. It helps kill off the blue cast a bit, especially when shooting in shade or overcast weather. I hear it is also quite effective in reducing green cast. They used to have Tungsten reversal film in the past. I guess you have to buy a tungsten reversal filter if you plan to shoot in indoor lighting conditions?. I shoot slides exclusively outdoors in available sunlight.

FARI

 

[louie15]

I shoot slides extensively and I have used Tiffen 812 warming filter when shooting with Provia 100F slide. It helps kill off the blue cast a bit, especially when shooting in shade or overcast weather. I hear it is also quite effective in reducing green cast. They used to have Tungsten reversal film in the past. I guess you have to buy a tungsten reversal filter if you plan to shoot in indoor lighting conditions?. I shoot slides exclusively outdoors in available sunlight.

FARI

Thanks for sharing Fari, these lighting filters are quite hard to find, especially 46mm ones. i'm wondering how effective filters are in preserving skin tones than photoshop adjustments. perhaps a combination of both?

 

[LKSC]

I use a KB3 filter with daylight-balanced colour film in tungsten light sometimes to partly reduce the red-yellow cast. You can use stronger filters (KB6, KB9, KB12) to almost eliminate it but I prefer to split the difference and keep some of the yellow cast as that is what a tungsten-lit scene looks like to the eye. The stronger filters also result in greater light loss (with KB3 you lose 2/3 stop). Problem is, there are very few pure tungsten environments now, mostly a mix of LED, fluorescent and tungsten.

I also shoot tungsten reversal film in daylight with a KR15 tungsten filter. Tungsten reversal films have extremely long tonal range and gentle contrast. This is a big advantage in high contrast light. You can shoot in strong sunlight and still have great highlight detail. Unfortunately most of the films are discontinued.

 

[FBA]

With my Tiffen 812 filter, there is a strong tendency towards the red color. I avoid using it during golden hour times because skin turns into overpowering yellow. But in shade and overcast, the skin tones takes on a healthy tan. I lose 1/3 stop when using the Tiffen filter.

FARI