Dumb Question ref Bay 1 Yellow Filter

[Keith (M)]

I probably should be able to decide for myself but somehow the grey matter is being sluggish this evening. Having just acquired a Rolleicord Vb, I'm wondering whether or not to buy a light-yellow Bay 1 filter. I can apply a pseudo filter in CS4 later during post-processing, so is it better to apply the filtration 'in-camera' or in CS4?

 

[Dan Daniel]

If you are shooting color film, apply the effect in post-processing. Using a yellow filter will make everything, well.. yellow.

If you are shooting B&W, use the filter if this is the efffect you want in the final image. Once the light values are converted to the B&W scale, there is no way to select for 'blue' and change how specific colors are rendered.

 

[Vics]

With black & white film, ALWAYS use a yellow filter on your Rollei. It darkens skies, makes clouds jump out a bit, lightens foliage, and smooths out skin tones.
Why not use one? Well, in low light, you might need the extra stop you get in film speed, so you might want to take it off indoors. I know nothing about Photoshop.

 

[farlymac]

And if you really want to go for the high contrast, or try 'day-for-night' type shots, then get a red filter. Stunning cloud pictures the day after a weather front moves through, and crisp sillouettes. But if you don't want to go that extreme, then a green filter will do without darkening things up too much.

If you are going to shoot b&w without a colored filter, then use a UV filter. And with color film use a skylight filter.

PF

 

[pgeobc]

Your Rollei can be used with a yellow (8) filter or that effect can be applied in processing. I use Photoshop with the Silver Effex Pro to do so; it is one of their standard options. In either event, it is usually a plus. All of that for B&W/ Photoshop handles the filter just fine for color, without the add-on, as already mentioned, above.

 

[Keith (M)]

Sorry - I should have made plain that my question related only to using b&w film! Thanks for the responses.

 

[Rob-F]

I would get a filter, but I would use a medium yellow, wratten #8 (K2). Light yellow (#6) won't do enough to be satisfying. A dark yellow (#9 or K3) would not be overkill.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Dear Keith,

In B+W you CAN'T apply colour filtration in post processing, because there are no colours to filter.

Cheers,

R.

 

[rover]

With a top shutter speed of 1/500 you may find the one stop filter factor will help in bright situations.

 

[Keith (M)]

Thank you for the further responses. Being totally new to Rollei, I have another question regarding filters. My Rolleicord Vb is 'Bay 1'. Presumably the filters fit into the inner three recesses whilst a Bay 1 lens hood fits to the outer three lugs?

 

[alistair.o]

You'll find that it's not a problem to fit both - exactly the same on my Minolta Autocord.

 

[JPD]

Thank you for the further responses. Being totally new to Rollei, I have another question regarding filters. My Rolleicord Vb is 'Bay 1'. Presumably the filters fit into the inner three recesses whilst a Bay 1 lens hood fits to the outer three lugs?

Correct. And you can also use a Rolleinar close-up lens or/and a Rolleisoft filter plus a coloured filter and hood.

 

[Vics]

If you find later that you want to take up printing in a "wet" darkroom, you will wish that you had filtered while shooting the negative.