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You will want to get an orange filter for black and white photography

Why physical filters results in better graysale rendering when compared to software presets that do filter emulation.

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Raf Lopes (CameraClara)
Nov 16, 2025
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For years, I dismissed the appeal of filters. Upon my ignorance, they seemed like a lazy shortcut, something photographers used when they didn’t know how to process an image properly. Then I got an orange one from B+W, screwed it onto my lens, shot black and white shit, and everything changed.

Filters like that do pair really well with rangefinder film c…

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