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Jodorowsky

Jodorowsky

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If that title got you, don't worry. I wrote it. And I'm drunk.

I'm really bothered. I habitually wear an IR filter on the tip of my lens when using the M8. I was told to. However, I always find that at least one of my subjects ends up with a wonderful Gorgon sapphire star in the middle of their cheek, or a unicorn's chin under their brow.

Question: as I love to shoot when the light is ****e, do you think I should forsake the fifty quid filter?

None of my friends wear black nylon, i don't think, so does it matter if I don't use a filter that makes a black tight turn magenta? AND, if i just want to protect my Summicron/ Lux/ CV 21 from jam or marmalade, can I use a UV filter without fear of seeing a ghost's anus on my Aunt's ear, just because there's a street lamp with a witch on it? Can I sooth my magenta stocking in Photoshop later on?
 
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I wish I was drunk so I can understand what youre saying......
Sell the M8 and buy a Fed2 before you sober up.
 
Poor pesphoto. It only needs a little wit to know what I'm talking about. I'm not really drunk. What's a Fed2? You dirty get!
 
superb.
+1

on a serious note...just give it a go without the filter and see if you can deal with it. for 75% of the shots you take you may very well never notice it (i think the people who really notice it the most are wedding photographers) I shot without one for a month or so until my filters arrived and only noticed issues a few times, and yeah you can fix it in post later if you really want to.
 
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It's mostly a problem indoors, under incandescent light among people wearing black. That's why its a big problem in theater and wedding photography. If you are shooting outdoors you will likely never see the problem. I have never been able to fix extensive magenta coloring in post-processing, but your mileage may vary.

/T
 
Thanks for your understanding, pes. I am actually drunk. And thanks, tm- the thing is, will I get bachflasch (German sic?) or whatever it's called if I just use an ordinary UV filter? Coincidentally, or not, I ask because I took some wedding pics lately, and that's when I last noticed the phantom flare. However, as available light is my favourite thing to shoot around, should I not bother with the UV filters? Will doing so mess up anything else ( I can live with the magenta doo dah)?
 
you can fix it in photoshop.

a simple way is choose
duplicate layer
work on background layer

and
go

image
adjustment
hue/saturation
edit : choose magenta and desaturate magenta

or

go
image
adjustment
replace color

choose black ( most of the times ur blacks will have a magenta cast )
and increase cyan and decrease magenta levels till you find the color cast you prefer.
if you increase your black levels helps a lot.

after you have done that in the background layer
choose the eraser and delete everything except the area u wanted to change.

flatten layers and you are finished .

this is what i do
i don't think if that is the correct way
but it works for me
Best ,
p
 
Jodorowsky said:
If that title got you, don't worry. I wrote it. And I'm drunk.

I'm really bothered. I habitually wear an IR filter on the tip of my lens when using the M8. I was told to. However, I always find that at least one of my subjects ends up with a wonderful Gorgon sapphire star in the middle of their cheek, or a unicorn's chin under their brow.

Question: as I love to shoot when the light is ****e, do you think I should forsake the fifty quid filter?

None of my friends wear black nylon, i don't think, so does it matter if I don't use a filter that makes a black tight turn magenta? AND, if i just want to protect my Summicron/ Lux/ CV 21 from jam or marmalade, can I use a UV filter without fear of seeing a ghost's anus on my Aunt's ear, just because there's a street lamp with a witch on it? Can I sooth my magenta stocking in Photoshop later on?
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Hahaha - I thoroughly enjoyed that. I wouldn't use a filter at night If I were you for the same reason - I HATE filter reflections on peoples faces. put it back on during the daytime.
 
I would eat some of that wonderful fresh baked Garlic Bread they sell at Costco to soak up some of that booze!

Hey, Costco has great buys on memory cards. I bought them, and they have NEVER failed with my M8!!!!
 
Try the new Zeiss UV/IR filters: curved, two-glass (dioptre-neutral) and apparently a lot less likely to give ghosting.

Also, of course, STAGGERINGLY expensive...

Cheers,

R.
 
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