35/2.5 color skopar + yellow filter + ap400

[paulfish4570]

ap 400, AKA tri-x 400, developed in tmax 1+9. r2m. messing around our new river place. the filter seems to punch up the rendering of the lens with a bit more contrast. that is its job, right? i am a filter newbie ...

 

[ferider]

Great Paul.

I almost always use yellow on B+W these days. Makes the skies more natural (best seen in your pic #3, IMO). Great for portraits, too, women love it ....

Roland.

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Yep. I always use a yellow filter when shooting B&W film.

 

[paulfish4570]

thanks, Roland, Pickett.
with the yellow filter, the 35/2.5 seems to have about the same contrast as the naked 50/2.5 protected by a nikon neutral clear filter.
i base that on two rolls of film ...

 

[robklurfield]

nice stuff.

 

[paulfish4570]

thanks, rob.

 

[paulfish4570]

thanks for the tip, Chris.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

I like a yellow green (X0 or 060/11) filter even better.
Benefits sky, skintones and foliage.

Chris

 

[Bingley]

Very nice, Paul. I use a yellow filter on my Skopar 50.

 

[tomtofa]

Interesting, Paul. I've always heard that the 35 Skopar is pretty contrasty on it's own, but it seems to benefit from the yellow filter.

Great light on #3.

 

[paulfish4570]

thanks, tom. it could just be my exposures, considering i run the r2m naked of meter batteries. but it does have - without the filter - a little bit smoother look.
with color film, it is, indeed, plenty contrasty, a match for its 50/2.5 brother.

 

[gb hill]

What filter size fits on the cv 35/2.5? I know I can probably look on my instructions but too lazy to dig the box out of the drawers. I'm new to filters & wonder what other filters would benefit from B&W film.

 

[Sparrow]

39mm, but personally the skopar 35/2.5 would not be my first choice lens to require increased contrast ..

 

[kxl]

Yeah, nice shots Paul, although with the 35/2.5 and a yellow filter, I would have expected more contrast. I assume you used a #8 yellow filter (light yellow)?

 

[paulfish4570]

yes. it was a low contrast day with almost flat lighting. i thought the light yellow would help a bit with cloud definition ...