B&W Filter Selection

[r.e.]

I'd suggest that people take their time acquiring these filters for B&W, at least if they care about price. Since yesterday, I've been able to acquire three in 82mm. Prices including shipping:

B+W F-Pro MRC Yellow #8: B&H, open box, $70 ($90 new)
Hoya HMC Yellow-Green X0: eBay, new old stock, $36 ($70.35 new)
Hoya HMC Green X1: eBay, new old stock, $29.50 ($57 new)

I've decided to see how I get along with these before getting any deeper into B&W contrast filters. Based on internet examples and playing around in Capture One, I'm doubtful that I'd use a red #25, and I suspect that I might find orange #16 more useful than orange #22. I'm also wary of the exposure handicap with the stronger filters. Although makers have cut back on what they offer (for example, B+W no longer makes most of the B&W contrast filters shown in a B+W brochure that I have), it looks like these filters are easy to find second-hand at attractive prices. The market/demand for them is probably too small to make them worth counterfeiting.