Filters: In the days of Fujichrome, much if not most of the room in my camera bag was devoted to filters for landscape shooting. I had a Cokin P-series holder on each of my lenses and...

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

In the days of Fujichrome, much if not most of the room in my camera bag was devoted to filters for landscape shooting. I had a Cokin P-series holder on each of my lenses and I always carried several different "flavors" of Bob Singh's Graduated NDs, a couple full NDs in different densities, a "fog effects" filter, a didymium-glass filter, and 2 circular polarizers (yes, I'm a klutz who once dropped my polarizer on a trip and it shattered ... lesson learned). My question is: do you digital shooters still carry/use these filters now that virtually all these effects can be "simulated" in post with todays various computer programs?

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

I use UV/Haze filters, circular polarizers, and neutral density filters on my digital cameras. And I'm currently considering buying an R72 infrared filter. I'm also considering getting a filter 'system' such as Lee or Cokin. Are you asking just out of curiosity or for another reason? /Ralph

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

cameraf4 wrote:

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Nope, no need can do most in CS6, save the polarizer of which I have one to reduce reflections.

crazydaddio Loc: Toronto Ontario Canada

....I have a polarizer. You cant really duplicate the effects of a polarizer in post unless you are prepared to go pixel by pixel and take out the highlights ... not an expert so happy to be educated....as for the other effects...i think they can all be done in post with careful although in some cases , laborious effort.

You do need NDs to do waterful and other motion effects since again....very difficult to do in post to any great quality

dck22

I use polarizes and ND.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

Are you asking just out of curiosity or for another reason?

Just curiosity really. I did some pretty extensive testing a while back and found that I could approximate just about every filter effect in post. Still carry a polarizer with me "just in case" but I find even that I can approximate with Nik software "plugged-in" to my Capture NX2 program. Just wondering what others do.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

crazydaddio wrote:

....I have a polarizer. You cant really duplicate the effects of a polarizer in post unless you are prepared to go pixel by pixel and take out the highlights ... not an expert so happy to be educated....as for the other effects...i think they can all be done in post with careful although in some cases , laborious effort.

You do need NDs to do waterful and other motion effects since again....very difficult to do in post to any great quality

I have not needed an ND filter in over 50 yrs.

WayneT Loc: Paris, TN

I use a NiSi system that has a removable circular polarizer built in. Along with that I use it for ND filters and a few graduated filters. Everything else I do in post.

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

cameraf4 wrote:

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I normally carry an A2, B2, polarizer and 1 stop graduated neutral density filter. As for “the days of Fujichrome,” haven’t used it since yesterday.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

I have Breakthrough Photography CPL and UV filters for all my lenses, and a Lee 4x5 system with 3 ND grads and a Big Stopper 10x ND.

CO

I use a 3-stop and a 4-stop neutral density filter and a polarizer with my DSLR cameras. When I used to shoot B&W film, I would use colored filters to alter gray tones. I used a Hoya R72 infrared filter when I shot Kodak HIE B&W infrared film.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

rjaywallace wrote:

I use UV/Haze filters, circular polarizers, and neutral density filters on my digital cameras. And I'm currently considering buying an R72 infrared filter. I'm also considering getting a filter 'system' such as Lee or Cokin. Are you asking just out of curiosity or for another reason? /Ralph

Also consider the NiSi system, polarizer goes on the inside and holders allow three additional filters.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

cameraf4 wrote:

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I pretty much only use filters for lens protection and even then if I'm indoors in a clean environment I take the filter off and shoot naked.

If you do get that R72 or RM72 Infrared filter and use it on an unconverted camera you will get extremely long exposure times yet possibly good results. If you have any questions about IR photography or IR image PP, send me a PM.

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

lamiaceae wrote:

I pretty much only use filters for lens protection and even then if I'm indoors in a clean environment I take the filter off and shoot naked.

If you do get that R72 or RM72 Infrared filter and use it on an unconverted camera you will get extremely long exposure times yet possibly good results. If you have any questions about IR photography or IR image PP, send me a PM.

Better to convert a camera to infrared than use a filter. Look at lifepixel or Kolarivision.

LouV Loc: Juno Beach, FL

When I shot film, I mostly used filters for B&W, typically yellow or red for contrast. The only filter I used regularly for color was a polarizer.

With digital, I no longer need the colored filters for B&W but I use a polarizer for nearly all my shots, B&W and color, and the occasional ND filter to blur movement.