I believe the filter was a fairly dark brown shade. By using brown it didn't
favor one color over another, and by being darkish, muted the colors more.
Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
John Pendley wrote:
>
> Fred Picker used to tout this practice highly, with one twist. He had some
> kind of plastic (filter?) mounted in the slide frame. He said it gave a
> very good idea of the shades of gray that would appear in a B&W print.
> Maybe somebody remembers or can find out what his gizmo was. I can't find
> my copy of The Zone VI Workshop.
> JP
>
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >> The best photographic advice I have ever
> > >> received (to date): "Don't use
> > >> your camera to frame your shot." Not relevant
> > >> for action photography, but
> > >> for everything else. Standard method is to
> > >> have an empty slide holder and
> > >> hold it in front of your face. Move it and you
> > >> around a lot until you have
> > >> the shot you want and then get your camera to
> > >> reproduce this (focal length
> > >> = distance of slide holder from eye).
> > >
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