This is true - I worked as a cinematographer for many years and often use a
low contrast filter. In fact, I have one on a chain that I wear around my
neck during a shoot!
Jim Caldwell
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] need inspiration
>
> At 02:56 3/30/01, Winsor Crosby wrote:
> >B&W 'seeing' is very different from color 'seeing'. I read somewhere
that
> >cinematographers who are called upon to shoot in b&w often use a dark
blue
> >filter held in front of the eye to get an idea of the gray scale values
> >and to get a little preview of how photogenic their set up is.
>
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