Ken Lee
18-Oct-2007, 14:05
My Sinar shutter has allowed me to use vintage lenses in barrel, which often give lovely results when used wide open, or close to wide open. The Sinar shutter is also great for shooting botanicals under window light, since it provides accurate times up to 8 seconds.
In bright sunshine, however, at f/4.5, modern film stock demands a shutter speed higher than the Sinar will go. (Mine goes to 1/60). I'd like to be able to shoot in these conditions at wide apertures when desired, for portraits.
Is there such a thing as an ND gelatin filter that I could use behind the shutter ? I would like to get a piece that is large enough to accommodate all sizes of lens, just as the shutter itself does.
Back in the 70's all my filters were 5 or 6 inch Kodak gelatin, mounted in cardboard - and I owned only one filter for each color. I held them in front of the lens at shooting time.
Does anyone still make these ? Is there something better ?
In bright sunshine, however, at f/4.5, modern film stock demands a shutter speed higher than the Sinar will go. (Mine goes to 1/60). I'd like to be able to shoot in these conditions at wide apertures when desired, for portraits.
Is there such a thing as an ND gelatin filter that I could use behind the shutter ? I would like to get a piece that is large enough to accommodate all sizes of lens, just as the shutter itself does.
Back in the 70's all my filters were 5 or 6 inch Kodak gelatin, mounted in cardboard - and I owned only one filter for each color. I held them in front of the lens at shooting time.
Does anyone still make these ? Is there something better ?