Re: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Markus Maurer Subject: RE: digital cameras and filter use Hi William your answer of course raises my next question :-) why is there a limit of ISO 200, and what is the maximum then, 1600? Is this only a limit of the Pentax *istD or do all digital cameras

RE: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-23 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Mark I do that too, but since a skylight filter is not neutral, UV seems to be better suited just to protect a lens against scratches, dirt, sand, etc. Not? Howe well are digital camera bodies protected against dirt, hum, scratches anyway? Do you consider them well built as older (metal)

RE: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-23 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Rob is a ND filter not a neutral grey filter? I thought, on a digital camera you could just lower ISO settings, if there is too much light or you want a smaller dof? thanks for your answer Markus Only Pol, ND and severe CC filters (for correcting poor artificial light).

RE: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-23 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Cotty but is a skylight filter not more than just the color correction of to much blue light? It helps in making clouds better visible against a bright blue sky, how do you correct that for example later in photoshop, if the clouds are not on the photo at all? I saw some impressive

Re: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Markus Maurer Subject: RE: digital cameras and filter use Hi Rob is a ND filter not a neutral grey filter? I thought, on a digital camera you could just lower ISO settings, if there is too much light or you want a smaller dof? Using the Pentax istD

Re: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-23 Thread Steve Jolly
Just to point out pedantically (and slightly irrelevantly) that you can't apply an *exact* simulation of *any* commonly-used photographic filter in software, not even a simple colour filter. Generally you can still get the result you want though, so it's a bit of an arbitrary point. Still,

Re: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-23 Thread John Francis
Just to point out pedantically (and slightly irrelevantly) that you can't apply an *exact* simulation of *any* commonly-used photographic filter in software To nitpick your pedantry - ND filters are fairly easy to simulate :-)

Re: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-23 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23 Apr 2004 at 22:41, John Francis wrote: Just to point out pedantically (and slightly irrelevantly) that you can't apply an *exact* simulation of *any* commonly-used photographic filter in software To nitpick your pedantry - ND filters are fairly easy to simulate :-) Yes but

Re: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22 Apr 2004 at 18:45, Markus Maurer wrote: 3.Which filters do you use most if any ? Skylight, Pol? only wondering Only Pol, ND and severe CC filters (for correcting poor artificial light). Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-22 Thread Cotty
On 22/4/04, MARKUS, discombobulated, offered: 1. What kind of filters if any do digital photographers still use? Only effect filters or some kind of correcting filters too or is everything made later with software? Circular polariser. Everything else I can do in Photoshlop. Mainly

Re: digital cameras and filter use

2004-04-22 Thread Mark Cassino
At 06:45 PM 4/22/2004 +0200, you wrote: 1. What kind of filters if any do digital photographers still use? Only effect filters or some kind of correcting filters too or is everything made later with software? I don't use toning filters - like warming or cooling - since that can be