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Flash Filters AnonyBob !!bHK6FUTAyi2
Hi all
About two weeks ago I used the contact us link on their site, and I asked if they could send me a sampling of their filters. On Friday I received the swatch pack in the mail.

Each filter in the pack has a sheet dividing them with a number and a description. The numbering goes to 287, but there is not a filter sample in every single slot. I would say that there are well over 200 samples though.

Well, I just wanted to let /p/ know about this. It seems like it can be fun to experiment with.
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>> AnonyBob !!bHK6FUTAyi2
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Here is how the sample size compares to a 580 EX II flash. As you can see it covers the whole area of the flash..

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>> AnonyBob !!bHK6FUTAyi2
here's the link to the USA division
http://www.leefiltersusa.com/contact.php
>> Anonymous
I have a pack of those that I've carried around for years and occasionally have use for. I took the book apart, removed the filters that I could use and discarded all the stuff that wouldn't be useful on a flash, then stuck them on a binder ring. It takes up a lot less space that way.
>> Anonymous
I have the rosco ones. I keep them in an empty fag pack, woops, cigarette pack.
>> Anonymous
Woah. I just got mine yesterday also. Read about them on instructables.com

I was wondering if a high powered flash (Pentax Af-540FGZ) could melt one of these. I'd like to know before I try it out.
>> Anonymous
>>227072
i dont know all that much about flashes but ive used a speedlite and i have a vivitar 285 and ive shot both of them at full power at my arm and shit and it gets warm but i wouldnt say it gets hot enough to melt one of these.
besides they use them on stage lights which are bound to be WAY hotter and are on for much longer periods of time than a flash.
i wouldnt be to worried...
>> Anonymous
>>227079
I work with stage lights for audiovisual productions a lot, and we NEVER ever place a filter directly against the glass, that would melt them very quick. We always have at least 20cm distance from the lamp to the filter. Just so you know. A flash never gets as hot though.
>> Butterfy !xlgRMYva6s
>>227111
Plus the bulbs are further away from the front than on a flash, but given their temp and falloff its still going to be hotter than a flash. Theater lamps tend to burn through their gells anyway, rather than melt them. (so the colour is washed out and the gell becomes useless)
>> Anonymous
>>227114
True that, we replace the filters every now and then.
>> Anonymous
I have those same Lee filters. There's almost 300, and I only find four anything close to useful.
all you need is a nice:
Blue, Orange, Green, Yellow