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Jenny A. Lee
 

How to Use a Sepia Filter


When using a sepia filter, do I use color or black and white film?


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December 03, 2004

 

Jon Close
  Color film. Black-and-white film records only shades of gray. Sepia toning of black-and-white photos is done in printing, either with a chemical process applied to b/w paper, or by printing the b/w negative on color paper.


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December 03, 2004

 

Jenny A. Lee
  What about those Cokin filters that they sell? Aren't they supposed to add a sepia tone to the photo?


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  Yes, they do. To color film. Or to color paper when printing from b/w or color negative. See:
http://www.geocities.com/cokinfiltersystem/sepia.htm


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