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Are diffusion filters a meme?

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 02:05:59 No.3948448 View View Reply Original Report

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Supposedly these fucking overpriced filters with tiny specks can make your digi-shit look more film-like. Though I'd prefer to just DIY it with some hairspray.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 02:15:22 No.3948449 Report

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>>3948448
Some people like them, some people don't. If you can't offer anything more substantial than rage try /pol/.

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Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 02:16:58 No.3948450 Report

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>>3948449
Do you like them anon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 02:23:02 No.3948452 Report

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>>3948448
Do it like they did at Penthouse, black net stocking over a UV or skylight filter

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 02:37:28 No.3948454 Report

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>>3948448
The same page you got that image from has comparisons with digital effects, which is pretty interesting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 05:04:28 No.3948472 Report

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>>3948448
Why do you sound so angry?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 05:08:12 No.3948474 Report

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>>3948448
Just shoot film

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 06:31:46 No.3948489 Report

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>>3948448
Just shoot film

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 16:19:29 No.3948622 Report

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>>3948449
Remember you're there forever

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 18:04:06 No.3948660 Report

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>>3948448
For video, no. For photography, mostly yes. You can do the same effect in photoshop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 23:20:26 No.3948763 Report

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>>3948452
Wait... What?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 07 Oct 2021 23:27:27 No.3948768 Report

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>>3948448
just shoot film

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 01:36:02 No.3948813 Report

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>>3948448
i made one with spray paint and an uv filter. only really use it on night photography, and its hit and miss. sometimes it's usefull for harsh lamp posts, sometimes just smears light in an ugly way. when using it I always take a shot with and without, to be sure.

overall they aren't a meme if you know when to use them

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 03:14:15 No.3948849 Report

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>>3948448
Oh hey I just bought one of these the other day. I think I made a mistake by choosing the max strength filter rather than going with a 1/2 or a 1. To be fair, the photos made it out to seem like 2 was what I was looking for in terms of strength of the effect.
>pic related

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 03:20:19 No.3948852 Report

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Here's some pics from an automotive photographer known for his style using a pro-mist filter. Looks pretty film-like to me.

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 03:20:52 No.3948853 Report

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>>3948852

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 03:21:24 No.3948854 Report

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>>3948853

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 03:22:09 No.3948856 Report

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>>3948854

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 03:42:46 No.3948858 Report

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I really enjoy this look, but it is ironic that lenses are so anti reflective now that we need to add diffusion to bring it back to the image.

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 10:09:52 No.3948937 Report

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>>3948813
>if you know when to use them
yes, never

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 13:17:28 No.3948993 Report

Quoted By: >>3949000 >>3949008

>>3948448
no they're overrated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUJqKsiQ9Q

this guy is right that film has crushed blacks while diffusion filters usually muddy the shadows not like how film would be. maybe a 1/8th filter might be alright but even that is too strong imo

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 13:48:52 No.3949000 Report

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>>3948993
>crushed blacks
You can say crushed niggers here

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 14:12:10 No.3949007 Report

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>>3948858
I thought it was mostly halation on the film itself, not the lenses that caused it (other than some soft focus lenses but that's different). Besides they used to vaseline lenses or put stockings in front of them even in the early days of photography.

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 14:16:32 No.3949008 Report

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>>3948993
nah, they are fine, complaining is just good for the clicks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 14:39:14 No.3949012 Report

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>>3948448

I bought what atleast says NiSi Black Mist on the side for 38 dollars from bugexpress. 67mm. It works great. Not that expensive.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 14:42:49 No.3949014 Report

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>>3949007
It is halation, and promists look very different. I mean, shoot some film with a promist and youll get what I mean. Halation takes a lot to build so its only in the extreme highlights, but promists muddy it all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 16:32:10 No.3949041 Report

Quoted By: >>3949052 >>3949056

>>3949014
So is a meme or no? I have 3 promist in my checkout cart on amazon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 17:14:43 No.3949052 Report

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>>3949041
Get a black mist instead, looks better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 17:23:57 No.3949056 Report

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>>3949041
it's super easy to find examples of what it looks like...buy it or not based on whether it fits your personal tastes

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 17:25:53 No.3949059 Report

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>>3949052
That's nonsense. Blackmist and promist are just brand names for the same exact type of diffusion filter. Pro mist is black mist!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 19:29:41 No.3949090 Report

Quoted By: >>3949098 >>3949424

>>3948448
Bro, just use a highlight mask in photoshop

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 20:03:06 No.3949098 Report

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>>3949090
this
if you're not simulating highlight glow and halation in post when needed then what the fuck are you doing
of course it's a different story with video because it's harder to do, but for stills this shit is trivial and a no brainer compared to putting some hairsprayd crap in front of your lens

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 16:19:54 No.3949408 Report

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>>3948856
NFS: Underground vibes HNNNNGGGG

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 16:25:44 No.3949409 Report

Quoted By: >>3949420 >>3949435

>>3948448
>Create lenses with close to perfect optics
>Smear shit filters on top of them because they don't look like trash lenses

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 16:46:09 No.3949420 Report

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>>3949409
>perfect optics = good

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 17:02:53 No.3949424 Report

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>>3949090
>>3949098
>i know better than television and film producers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 17:39:01 No.3949435 Report

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>>3949409
>Pull off filters when you want technical perfection again
>Options are bad

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Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 18:08:43 No.3949446 Report

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>>3949424
>t. can't read

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 18:28:16 No.3949451 Report

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>>3949446
Show us your simulated halation in post.

What’s that?

You can’t?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 20:20:20 No.3949469 Report

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>>3949451
It was already done on p. Everyone missed the real diffusion filter and went for fake photoshop filter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 22:42:30 No.3949495 Report

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>>3949451
Fuck me youre still here. I haven't been to /p/ in more than a year, thought I'd stop by to see if it was still a trash heap and here you are with the same posting style pulling the same trolling bullshit baiting people.

I salute you sir. Truly the spirit of this site lives on in thee.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Oct 2021 22:56:48 No.3949499 Report

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>>3949469
>>3949495
Cool so just to clarify, you can’t.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Oct 2021 05:51:09 No.3949596 Report

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>>3948852
>>3948853
>Haze filter
lol

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Anonymous Sun 10 Oct 2021 06:06:25 No.3949599 Report

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>>3948452
I actually tried this. Built 2 different filter squares from two different pairs of my gfs ripped tights. One 40 denier and the other 120 denier. Kinda mounted them on a steel wire frame I made from an old broken plate rack and hot glue. I'd post a pic but they look fairly hideous up close. The 40 denier actually works a charm! The 120 needs very bright conditions and even then alters the photo too much. The 40 gives the photo a filmic warmth, for lack of description. It takes away some of the surgical sharpness of the photo and reduces the saturation just a little. I mount them between the front of my lens and a plastic screw-in, ring flash adapter. Metal adapters tend to rip the tights. Don't forget to get a good stretch in the tights though! I just used cheap af primark tights that are prone to ripping so I recommend buying something a little more resilient.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Oct 2021 21:09:39 No.3949839 Report

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>>3949059
Not true. Black mist has black specks that reduce highlights and increase contrast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Oct 2021 21:34:20 No.3949848 Report

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>>3949839
same as black promist

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 00:56:01 No.3949897 Report

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>>3949839
There are some slight differences, but yes, they fall under the same umbrella of black pantihose filters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:04:43 No.3949924 Report

Quoted By: >>3949928 >>3949935

>>3949848
Promist and black mist are not the same

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Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:09:50 No.3949926 Report

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>>3949839
Can you please link me anywhere I can buy a Tiffen Black Mist filter?

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Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:10:50 No.3949928 Report

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>>3949924
>>3949926
you too

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Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:59:34 No.3949935 Report

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>>3949839
>>3949848
>>3949924
I have a Tiffen filter and it's labeled as "Black Pro Mist". What does this mean?

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Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 06:00:05 No.3949936 Report

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Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 06:00:38 No.3949937 Report

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Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 06:01:10 No.3949938 Report

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>>3949937

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Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 06:37:19 No.3949945 Report

Quoted By: >>3949978

>>3949936
>>3949938
Goddamn, that's looks like it was shot with a lens straight out of an old moisty cardboard box.
It certainly has its niche but i am wary of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 08:14:54 No.3949956 Report

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>>3948448
Diffusion was used with film too.
Shit thread.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 09:02:21 No.3949978 Report

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>>3949945
Admittedly, I went for the strongest option and underestimated how strong the effects would be.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Oct 2021 20:51:49 No.3950520 Report

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>>3949935
It has micriscopic black specs that increase contrast despite the promist effect. Hollywood uses them a ton with digital productions to get filmlike halation and to prevent the highlights from clipping.

Altough 1/4 is as strong as Id go

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