Day for Night Filter: Does anyone here know anything about "Day for Night Filters"? My searches haven't turned up a whole lot of information about them. I'm speculating that similar...

BushDog Loc: San Antonio, TX

Does anyone here know anything about "Day for Night Filters"?

My searches haven't turned up a whole lot of information about them.
I'm speculating that similar effects can be obtained by using neutral density filters along with white balance / color adjustments in post processing.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

http://www.google.com

enter:

Day for Night Filters

You'll get about 10 pages of information.
--Bob

BushDog wrote:

Does anyone here know anything about "Day for Night Filters"?

My searches haven't turned up a whole lot of information about them.
I'm speculating that similar effects can be obtained by using neutral density filters along with white balance / color adjustments in post processing.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

BushDog wrote:

Does anyone here know anything about "Day for Night Filters"?

My searches haven't turned up a whole lot of information about them.
I'm speculating that similar effects can be obtained by using neutral density filters along with white balance / color adjustments in post processing.

Actual filters aren't used much any more. Color balance is altered in-camera (When recording JPEGs, do a custom white balance using a very saturated yellow-orange card, causing the balance to go very blue) and the scene is underexposed by a couple of f/stops, typically. When working in raw mode, you can post-process to adjust both color and exposure.

I used to use tungsten-balanced (3200°K) slide film and an 80A filter, back in the 1980s... with enough underexposure I had a day for night effect.

Unless you were to do a LOT of this sort of thing, I would not buy a specialized filter for it. Camera controls and post-processing software both offer a better range of possibilities.

Leitz Loc: Solms

BushDog wrote:

Does anyone here know anything about "Day for Night Filters"?

I'd skip the filters and take day pictures at day and night pictures at night. More natural that way.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Back in film days, and in the early days of Hollywood, a red filter placed over a lens when shooting black and white would make everything look dark and pseudo nighttime.
Watch some old B&W films on Turner Classics and you'll see the effects.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

That and a bit of underexposure.
--Bob

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Back in film days, and in the early days of Hollywood, a red filter placed over a lens when shooting black and white would make everything look dark and pseudo nighttime.
Watch some old B&W films on Turner Classics and you'll see the effects.

BushDog Loc: San Antonio, TX

burkphoto wrote:

Actual filters aren't used much any more. Color ba... (show quote)

Thanks Bill. That's the kind of information I've been looking for. I played around while ago using a neutral density filter and, instead of the very saturated yellow/orange card, I set a manual white balance ranging from 2700K to 3200K. It's fun to play around with this stuff. Pretty neat to get an f/1.4 DOF on a bright sunny 100 degree day.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

BushDog wrote:

Does anyone here know anything about "Day for Night Filters"?

My searches haven't turned up a whole lot of information about them.
I'm speculating that similar effects can be obtained by using neutral density filters along with white balance / color adjustments in post processing.

Probably one of the best ways is to use flash in tandem with tungsten WB. If using filters, you do not need a ND, a blue gel would serve you better!

Bill_de Loc: US

Since the NIK collection is now free ...

http://www.luminescentphoto.com/blog/2012/12/28/turning-day-into-night-with-cep4/

At the link there is even a downloadable recipe.

--

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Leitz wrote:

I'd skip the filters and take day pictures at day and night pictures at night. More natural that way.

That's tough for people working the night shift, vampires, and people with sensitivity to sunlight.

brow3904 Loc: Upstate South Carolina

BushDog wrote:

Does anyone here know anything about "Day for Night Filters"?

My searches haven't turned up a whole lot of information about them.
I'm speculating that similar effects can be obtained by using neutral density filters along with white balance / color adjustments in post processing.

Serge Ramelli has a youtube that demonstrates how to do this in lightroom. It is unbelievable what he can do even to adding light to the streets and inside the houses.