Premium Member Tim Terner Posted June 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 If you had to pick 4 effect filters to take with you for an unkwown shoot what would they be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adam Frisch FSF Posted June 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 I tend to use Tiffen's Low Contrast filters quite a lot. Recently I've also started using the newer Ultra Contrast. I've always had a soft spot for the Antique Suede series - they give such a nice sepia tone. But going to telecine coloured filters are less important. When I can get it (which is about never) i like Arri's Varicon system to reduce contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ken Maskrey Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 (edited) Black Pro Mist 1, Black Diffusion 1/2, 1/4 Fog when I use a fog machine, and some type of star filter. Edited June 21, 2006 by Ken Maskrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Partridge Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 85B, 85N6, 0.3ND and an optical flat! Keep it simple! I'd also take a box of homemade nets as they technically aren't filters. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted June 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 Not sure where to draw the line regarding effect filters, but outside of basic color-correction & ND, and diopters & optical flats... ...then I'd say that a Pola and ND grad, and some sort of simple filter for mildly softening a close-up in an emergency, like a 1/4 Classic Soft or 1/2 Soft-FX. If I wanted a diffused look for the whole project, if that was a possibility I had to prepare for, then I'd add a 1/8 & 1/4 ProMist or a 1 & 2 GlimmerGlass. Favorite all-time effect filter is the 2 Fog, just because it was Geoffrey Unsworth's favorite filter. Have never found a use for one, but I have occasionally used a 1/2 Fog and even that seems heavy by today's standards. A new favorite which I may start always carrying is the 1 & 2 Smoque, because it helps make inserts match smoked wide shots, plus has a pretty look similar to a cross between an UltraCon and Double-Fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adam White Posted June 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 optical flat 1/8 promist 81EF pola and a good solid mattebox!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adam Frisch FSF Posted June 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 I'd consider ND's, Pola's, 85's and perhaps even Grad's as part of a basic shooting package, not really as 'filters'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Shani Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 what is optical flat??? never hared of it mybe its called in differnt name here\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted June 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted June 21, 2006 An optical flat is nothing, really... it's just clear glass, of high enough optical quality for filter use. Used to protect the front of the lens when shooting scenes with something flying through the air that might hit the lens, like squib explosions, dust & dirt flying around, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Shani Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 (edited) hi thanks david its called clear filter here thanks for video shooting my 4 are: for film shooting 1/4 soft/fx low contrast pola ND gruad .9 1/4 black pro mist pola 1/4 white pro mist low contrast why one will take 85 fillter and not use daylight stoke??? Edited June 22, 2006 by ram shani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adam White Posted June 22, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted June 22, 2006 So what is your point? You are promoting dolly products on a thread entitled "4 favourite filters". I am glad you have a good business and wish you all the best but the company icons to the right have paid for the right to advertise (and help the upkeep of this site) and yet they havent chosen to post random messages on unconnected threads. Ive heard that people use two polorisers sometimes as a form of ND. Is this a windup or is there fact in this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Taylor Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 When going for a specific look, I always try to achieve it in-camera if I can. Therefor I have a very costly collection of backups for my glassmasters. 1) Antique Suedes (usually #1) 2) Chocolates (#2) 3) Promist (1/2-1) 4) Fog (for a really good halo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Collier Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Low con Polorizer Tobacco Grad Coral Grad. Ummmm, can I have more filters? no just 4? weak. alternate list: Low Con High Con 1/4 promist polorizer wow. this is really hard now that I think of it. just 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dan Goulder Posted June 26, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted June 26, 2006 No. 1 choice: NO filtration 82C (or A) ND 9 Polarizer Soft F/X 1/2 or 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamid Khozouie Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Good topic : Black promist 1/4 , 1/8 Ultra contrast ND grad 9 Golden sepia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Lemercier Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 (edited) basically: ND, POLA, 85, 81EF. and a really good Mattebox. Edited June 26, 2006 by mikael lemercier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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