On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 04:18:26 GMT, Slingblade <bladeREMOVEslinger@earthREMOVElink.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:41:28 GMT, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Neuman - Ruether)

>wrote:

>>I agree that if there is only one colored filter to own

>>for B&W, it is probably orange - but I think the

>>medium yellow is a waste of money and filter-factor.

>>Try a side-by side comparison sometime, without the

>>medium yellow, and with, *using the FF for adjustment*,

>>not the meter reading. Bet you will have a hard time

>>telling the difference in the prints...;-)

>I never tried it, but I've always wondered how an 85B filter would

>compare to a Yellow or Orange filter? Seems to me it'd work well with

>B/W film in the same ways as one or the other of those filters?

I've never tried it either, but I suspect there

would be differences between the results with a

good "sharp-cutting" filter (one with relatively

little response below/above the cut-off frequency)

and "color-correction" filters, which must pass

all visible frequencies to work, while "tilting"

the response toward one part of the

range...