Xpan questions ??????

[mr rangefinder]

Hi
Asyou can see this is my 1st post on here , Hi everyone

Question regarding Xpan rangefinder

I was about to buy a Xpan as I thought the panoramic format would be good

Then I noticed people refering to a centre filter ? , affer looking into it a bit more I came across the vignetting issue ? dark in the corners of negs ? so it looks like a centre filter ( Dark bit in the middle of the filter ) does not cure the dark edges but makes the rest of the neg dark as well ?

If this is so surely that is a bad thing ? reducing the light getting to the neg ?
is it loosing a stop or 2 ?

so your fast lens become less fast ?

derr !! Help , I cant get my head round this !!! someone help , PLEASE

May not buy one now

Thanks in advance and sorry if there are any spelling errors

Allen

 

[kbg32]

The center filter is mainly for use with the 30mm wide angle lens. It reduces the exposure to the central area of the image, to help reduce the effect of vignetting, or darkening of the corners. You will be fine with the 45 and the 90 lenses, as these lenses do not require the use of this filter.

 

[xpandebt@9%]

I recently purchased (rather my credit bank did) the whole set of lenses with the XPan II. kbg32 is right about the 30mm lens- you do need the center filter, but the shots still come out nice and bright. I have used the 45mm little so far, preferring the 30 and 90mm for a majority of my work (landscapes). I will probably use the 45 for city/street/people shots though. My experience is that I have not been using the center filter on the 90mm, but after the fact wish I had... I will probably start using it for future shots. The shots that I notice the light falloff in the 90mm are shots that have a lot of sky in them. I have one in my gallery. You will notice a dark blue on the bottom right of "Moon and Sky Path." That point, however, was the furthest away from the sun, and I did use a center polarizer filter. So, obviously still experimenting, but the next step is to use the center filter.

I would recommend the camera- take a look at the xpan gallery. Some really great shots on there.

 

[wyk_penguin]

I don't see why the use of the center filter is a problem. Vignetting is a result of physics. Just think of the lens as something 2 stops slower.

 

[david b]

The center filter for the 45mm is only need with positive film and when shooting wider f8 or larger.

So if you are a b+w guy, don't worry about it.

 

[flipflop]

Im with David on this one. The only time I could really see using the CF (center Filter) would be if you shoot slide film.

 

[wdenies]

As the ultimate rescue:
It is easy to emulate a CF in Photoshop.

Wim

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

The centre filter is very expensive.

Try your new camera without one and see what results you get for your type of photography.

 

[david b]

So many people cry about the center filter before shooting the camera without it.

I own the center filter and never use it. It sits at home.

 

[mr rangefinder]

Ok

Ok

Thanks everyone

seems its not to bad after all ???

Maybe just Maybe I will buy one after all 😉

Allen