johncarvill Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 <p>Hi folks</p><p>I'm going to try a roll of Fuji Neopan 1600 in my F3 tomorrow. Since it is a pretty contrasty film, I wa wondering, would you still advise the use of a yellow or red filter?</p><p>Cheers<br>JC</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylynn Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 <p>What are you shooting and just how much contrast are you looking for?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 <p>Filters (other than polarizing) don't increase contrast. They just make certain colors some out darker. A yellow filter should be viewed as a "minus blue" filter, so it makes blue and violet things darker. Thus it darkens the sky, and makes clouds more dramatic.<br> If it's a cloudy day, or you have a reason to make skies darker, use the yellow filter. Otherwise, enjoy the full speed of your fast film, and use no filter.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncarvill Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 <p>Ok, I am looking for quite a bit of contrast, but the real purpose is to test the film so I have some knowledge of it before I run through a few rolls of it in New York later this month. What am I shooting? Actually, I'm taking part in one of Manchester (UK) Modernist Society's series of walks tomorrow:</p> <p>http://www.manchestermodernistsociety.org/commission.html</p> <p>This walk traces the route between Manchester's four remaining old-style red telephone boxes. The predicted weather is good (by our standards) and I'll try to do some general semi-street photography as we go round the city centre.</p> <p>Ok, no need for filtrs, I guess. I'm inexperienced in B&W photography, and was under the impression that *at least* a yellow filter was needed for shootong B&W outdoors. BUt yeah, of course, a red filter loses you a stop or two doesn't it, so will be good to ditch it and, as you say, enjoy the high speed of the film.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnielsen Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 <p>If you are looking to darken the sky I'd say yeah take a yellow or orange. If you just want more contrast why not do that in the printing or scanning stage? </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwrtertbsratbs5 Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 <p>You can control contrast by varying development time.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photo5 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 <p>I shot it with no filters. Exposed at ISO 1000. Developed in D-76 replenished for about 3 minutes, agitating every 30 seconds for 5 seconds. Negs came out great and very printable.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwrtertbsratbs5 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 <p>It's my favorite 'high speed' film. I usually rate it at 640 when I want to retain good shadow detail.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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