RE: Color Intensifying Filter for Noblex

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  9 May 99 at 18:24, Jim Dunn wrote:

> Btw, the better enhancers rate US$200 and upwards, for a piece of
> 3-4" square....Lee tops it with US$6-700 or so.
> A square piece for use in a Noblex should be a factor 10 less
> (cutting cost aside), so if they can keep it less than US$50 total, I
> would buy one. For US$100, I would make my own, but I would still
> buy a polarizer as mentioned above for that price....hopefully even a
> vari-color pol.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> 
> I have the one from Lee...used it in Monument valley and the Grand Canyon
> late last year, absolutely amazing what it does to the reds of the stone.

You ought to find someone with a spectroscope, with which you can 
view the spectral plot of this filter....it is almost as magnificent 
as the pictorial effect, with several very sharp peaks & valleys, almost 
digital by nature.
 
> One thing I notice that can be a distraction, is that it causes a cast,
> especially noticeable on clouds or other whites.

That is where I think a super (aka broad-range) enhancer might do 
better....do you have Lee's red enhancer or their super enhancer?
I have wondered what would happen if you countered that (purple?) 
cast with a color-correction filter....
 
> The 6x17 images I shot using the filter got picked out right away by
> one of my agents.

Shovels all counter arguments nicely off the table....:-))
 
 

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Willem-Jan Markerink


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is sometimes far less intelligent than
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