Lee "Enhancer" filter

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Anybody bought one of these. Loved the effect that we say in the talk at the convention. It's not cheap but it looked great.

If anyone has got one are there any example images.
 
Is this the "colour enhancer"?

If so, why don't you do the same thing by increasing the saturation in the camera setup menu? It is there for you to do (but not on that film camera of yours of course!)

I used to have one, it works well - the Singh Ray one is even better mind you.
 
Lensflare said:
Is this the "colour enhancer"?

If so, why don't you do the same thing by increasing the saturation in the camera setup menu? It is there for you to do (but not on that film camera of yours of course!)

I used to have one, it works well - the Singh Ray one is even better mind you.
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:lol: I shoot RAW so it would be a case of adjusting it in LR but yes film is one of the reasons I wanted to POSSIBLY get the filter but I wanted to see more examples. I'm not looking at it as an imminent purchase its more a case of interest.
 
It increases the saturation and especially the red end of the spectrum. Needs good light to work well, the magic hours are even more magic.

Not cheap though for a few frames. back in the days when stock was worth something and it hadn't been diluted by loads and loads of the same shots everywhere, then it was worth having to give your images an edge - the fact that the filter was over £600 was irrelevent. That was paid back in one shot - in those days it was fairly common to get £500 or £600 for a one use from stock for fairly ordinary images. It would take a lot of sales to claw back the investment nowadays from stock.
 
Lensflare said:
It increases the saturation and especially the red end of the spectrum. Needs good light to work well, the magic hours are even more magic.

Not cheap though for a few frames. back in the days when stock was worth something and it hadn't been diluted by loads and loads of the same shots everywhere, then it was worth having to give your images an edge - the fact that the filter was over £600 was irrelevent. That was paid back in one shot - in those days it was fairly common to get £500 or £600 for a one use from stock for fairly ordinary images. It would take a lot of sales to claw back the investment nowadays from stock.
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Thanks. I am seriously thinking of a full Lee filters setup as it costs a fortune to get the same filters over and over again especially if you get decent ones. My two pro grade CPLs cost about a £100 each so going the Lee route seems reasonable. With this route I just need an adapter for each new filter size and they can share the filters.
 
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