On 10 June 2013 20:47, Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Collin & David, we normally do not use color filters when shooting > B&W on a DSLR. Reason: todays DSLRs have built in color filters, which > you can use very easily, rather than attaching a filter physically. > So also photo programs like Photoshop have a variety and strengths of > color filters. > But hey, why not have some fun with actual color filters if you have them?? > I use Circular Polarizers, Neutral Density & Graduated Neutral Density > Filters with my lenses. And a GND on my Sigma 10-20 SWA is an absolute > must as it covers a huge swath of sky. But using a Polarizer on this > lens can be tricky due to great variation in the sky darkening effect > - not uniformly darkened. > Since I am not a Pro, I have decent mid-cost Circular Polarizers - $ > 29 to 50, a Hoya Pro1 ND - $ 62 and Cheap Chinese ND & GND Filters - $ > 4 to 9.
Polarizers and full ND filters are all I use with my DSLRs, I don't use ND grads for a similar reason that I don't use colour filters when shooting with intent to render a B&W image. I find the ND grads are far too inflexible and considering that the likelihood of me using one without employing a tripod is close to nil I simply shoot a bracket set then do a simple but effective mask to integrate two or more of the bracketed images, the resultant composite is generally excellent. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
