Sepia filter question, black and white film

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weirdnerd

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I just spent a long exasperating time trying to find what happens if I use a sepia filter on a camera to take black and white pictures... It appears google has no idea and keeps showing photoshop, light room, and digital filters for digital pictures. I am using Orwo pan 125 film. Does anyone use that filter color?, I have yellow, red, green, orange, and blue. I mostly use yellow and Orange.

Just a silly question. Saw the filter on craigslist (bay 1 for a yashica mat I have), but I am not sure I want to shell 35 bucks on something that will not do much.
 
shimokita said:
Google "Sepia filter with B&W T-Max 400 film" ... photo.net has a informational thread

https://www.photo.net/discuss/threads/sepia-filter-with-b-w-t-max-400-film.42887/

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The original question on that forum was the same, but the answers centered on using the filter for print, or adding sepia tones to the print, which was not the question.

I just wanted to know if someone used the filter in the camera, to expose the film, and to see what results it gives ( like using a yellow filter?, red?, etc...)
 
weirdnerd said:
The original question on that forum was the same, but the answers centered on using the filter for print, or adding sepia tones to the print, which was not the question.

I just wanted to know if someone used the filter in the camera, to expose the film, and to see what results it gives ( like using a yellow filter?, red?, etc...)
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Huh??? :confused: The second post in that thread has an answer that has nothing to do with print toning, did you skip over that one?

Any sepia colored object will appear brighter and any object in the color "opposite" of sepia will appear darker.

Most likely the effect will somewhat resemble that of an orange colored filter - darker blues and paler reds/oranges.
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dourbalistar said:
Huh??? :confused: The second post in that thread has an answer that has nothing to do with print toning, did you skip over that one?
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Any sepia colored object will appear brighter and any object in the color "opposite" of sepia will appear darker.

Most likely the effect will somewhat resemble that of an orange colored filter - darker blues and paler reds/oranges.
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1st paragraph is true. 2nd paragraph poster is sorely misinformed. So the sepia filter (I have one) is a pale brown. Where does that fall on opposites will appear darker and ..?

Save your money and buy B&W contrast filters. Yellow, orange and green.
 
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