Red,Green,Blue FlashHead Filters on BW Film

[leon_yuhanov]

I have recently got a surprise in the mail, when i bought a cheap flash for a

friend on ebay, i got these red, green and blue flashhead filters. I have taken

some shots to test hem with my film camera havnt developed yet though. I only

use b&w with film, juist wondering what the different filter colors woul dow

for B&W images?

 

Any ideas or sugestions, i have tried taking testing them with a DSLR but the

results when greyscaled are i assume not the same as film..

 

Leon

[stephen hazelton]

I can't really think why you'd want to use them. I think Lomo and maybe Holga have some filters like this, but I suppose they are for doing funky colors with color film, not for B&W effects.

 

With B&W film, a red filter on the lens is often used to create contrast in the sky. Blue and green filters aren't used for much of anything. For general indoor photography, you wouldn't normally use any filters in B&W, as you usually need all the speed you can get.

[todd peach seattle, washi]

Many years back I lit a pocket watch with three lights and RGB filters. The 'sum total' of the lighting was approximately white, but the RGB light coming from different angles did interesting things with the elaborate engraving of the pocket watch.

[ellis_vener_photography]

same thing they would do if they were filters that fit on a camera lens: affect contrast

rendition.