Diffraction (rainbow) filters and other guilty pleasures

[Dante_Stella]

Ok, I can't be the only one who loves the cheesy rainbow diffraction filters sold by Cokin, Hoya, Hama, and Rowi over the years: Pulsator, Cosmos, Andromeda, etc. I think these are holographic in nature, but at any rate, they put radial starbursts around things, create repeating flare, etc.

Does anyone use these with a rangefinder? I just obtained a set in native 46mm, which had to have been someone's idea of a weird joke.

I guess I can also report "for a friend" that these are even stranger when shot in B/W.

Dante

 

[jesse1dog]

Over the past couple of months I've unearthed all my old Cokin filters from 30 odd years ago, added a few more from eBay and got hold of the right sized adapters to fit on some m4/3 lenses and my Lumix LX7. So far I've got as far as assessing the supplementary lenses that were stored in the same box.
It's going to take me some time and better weather before I get much further but some of the Cokin filters certainly have some creative possibilities over the rather obvious - watch this space ?

 

[Spanik]

Not those ones and not on a rf. But I have my old collection of Cokin filters around and one day I'm going to use them. But on digital.

 

[daveleo]

I had much fun over the years with those filters, but a year or so back, I gave them away in the RFF Christmas gift thing.

John, if your fun-filter adventures are as enjoyable as your pinhole work (your book is about 5 feet from me), you should definitely post some stuff here.

 

[Cyriljay]

I had a few in collection and just bought them as I was in the beginning of photography . They did nothing and I sold them back when I got rid of all bit and pieces during 1996.