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Color Filter Brand Recommendation for Digital SLR?
I have a Canon 50D that I am starting out with and want to do b/w landscape photography. I want to purchase a set of color lenses: red, yellow, orange to experiment with contrasting lights/darks. Can anyone recommend a brand of descent filters to purchase? I've spent so much already on accessories and I'm looking on saving a few dollars if possible. Thanks!
I'm actually shooting in the RAW mode, though I plan on shooting w/ film as well with an older Nikon. The reason I want to experiment with filters...rather learn creative ways with the camera as oppossed to a lot of editing with programs.
I will probably try using the edit programs and shooting in color first. I did see however that the Canon 50D does have built-in filters and tone adjustment for b/w.
First, you really don't need color filters with your DSLR. The only filter effect that really can't be duplicated in Photoshop is the circular polarizer.
You will generally get better results if you shoot in color and then make a copy and convert it to black & white with an editing program.
Go to http://www.shutterbug.com and type digital black and white in the Search box and you'll pull up every article they've published on the subject.
***** EDIT *****
For black & white film you'll want Red, Green, Yellow and Blue filters at a minimum. If you're photographing a red rose and want more differentiation between the red of the rose and the green of the leaves, use a Red filter. This will lighten the rose and darken the leaves. Want to emphaisze the green leaves? Use a Green filter. This will lighten the leaves and darken the rose. To improve contrast in a scene, use the Yellow filter.
Always buy quality filters: Heliopan, Hoya, B+W, Tiffen, Singh-Ray.
Here are a couple of sites that explain the use of color filters in black & white photography:
http://www.fineart-photography.com/bwfilter.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2275258_color-filters-black-white-photography.html
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