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An SD15 Full Spectrum with Filters comment

Started Jan 30, 2021 | Discussions thread
xpatUSA
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Re: An SD15 Full Spectrum with Filters comment

sambaba wrote:

xpatUSA wrote:

sambaba wrote:

there are some more systems for color filters. Perhaps not so much technical.

Most of my (old) filter don't have Wratten Numbers.

https://photobutmore.de/vintagephoto/filter/filtervergleich/

Nicht sprecken zie Deutsch

https://filterfind.net/Data.html

Yes, of course I know that there are different systems, but you said "Yellow #12 should be Y52."

Does that mean I should have bought a Nikon Y52?

i have Y44 and Y48 here, your #12 Filter should be (compare to) Y52 (so a bit darker than mine).

(better?)

Now I understand ... thank you!

Meanwhile, I've just tried today with no filter and only using the RT 3-channel Color Mixer:

X3F embedded JPEG at right.

Very bright blue sky around 10am solar time reflecting a lot of IR from the dirt road, maybe why some people prefer the Hoya X1 filter which only transmits low amounts of IR

I myself am leaning heavily towards no filter at all. Here's none versus Hoya X0 green versus Tiffen Y12 yellow:

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