Filters for color in Noblex 135U: anybody use them?

[pagpow]

Just pulled the trigger on a used Noblex 135U. I know that filters for it are getting harder to track down. I know what filters I might use for B&W.

I'm not a big user of filtes; for background -- with fixed lens cameras and color, I use skylight, ND, and polarizer.

I'm curious whether and which filters people might use for color -- assuming I'm not trying to mask reality. Not which ones I might use, but which ones people have found very useful.

 

[robertdfeinman]

Filters

Filters

I did buy a red filter so I could shoot Kodak High Speed IR film. It worked fine, but I sort of got out of the habit of shooting IR when the larger formats where discontinued.

I also have a +3 which the Canadian distributor made for me. I think he now offers +1 and +2 as well. The +3 allows shooting at about 18" from the subject.

I attach a string with a knot at the right distance to the tripod socket and hold it so that the knot touches the subject. Then I drop the string just before shooting. The problem is finding subjects which are in a semi-circle.

I have some flower closeups made with this technique on my web site.

With the 135U you lose a shot every time you insert or remove the filter and you need tweezers to do it. I now shoot color negative so I can make most color adjustments after scanning in Photoshop. I've never found any value in UV filters, on the Noblex they would just add flare.

It might be possible to tape or hold a large acetate filter in front of the lens mechanism, I've not tried this.

 

[anglophone1]

I have a Noblex ND grad which is great for "holding back the sky" on velvia esp. with lansdcapes.
Alao a red for IR and dramatic b/w as robert.......
Airport secuirity don't like the tweezers though!
Clive

 

[chambrenoire]

pagpow: May I ask how much you paid for your camera?

 

[pagpow]

pagpow: May I ask how much you paid for your camera?

Sure Chambrenoire -- $695 in bargain condition from KEH.

 

[vincen]

Just curious to know where you have been able to find filters for Noblex 135 ? as here in france, distributor of Noblex doesn't want to do business for sure (waiting since one year to get filters 🙁

 

[anglophone1]

Try Robert White in UK or go direct to Noblex, I have done both!
Clive