Kodak Ektachrome E100VS + Didymium Filter Colour Demonstration

The pictures were all taken on a bright sunny autumn day (around 3 P.M.), look at the colours which are beyond red. The reason why the reds are extremely red is twofold, firstly, E100VS saturates colours extremely, and secondly the Didymium filter I used is a red enhancing filter. The first picture is one of which no comparison picture without a Didymium filter has been included, but the second and third picture, as well as the fourth and the fifth picture form direct comparisons between shooting filterless vs. shooting with the Didymium filter.

Note the vignetting in the shots in which the Didymium filter was used, this is because the only Didymium filter I have, has a 49mm thread, so I had to use a 55->49 mm step-down ring. Add that, to the normal sized rim of the filter itself, and vignetting is practically unavoidable on something as wide as a 24mm.


Shot with OM-4Ti + 24/2 + Didymium filter, the aperture was most likely set to f2.8 or f4, the shutter speed was around 1/250th.


Shot with OM-4Ti + 24/2 (no filter was used), filterless comparison shot for the next picture, the aperture was most likely set to f5.6, the shutter speed was around 1/125th.


Shot with OM-4Ti + 24/2 + Didymium filter, the aperture was most likely set to f5.6, the shutter speed was around 1/125th.


Shot with OM-4Ti + 24/2 (no filter was used), filterless comparison shot for the next picture, the aperture was most likely set to f5.6, the shutter speed was around 1/125th.


Shot with OM-4Ti + 24/2 + Didymium filter, the aperture was most likely set to f5.6, the shutter speed was around 1/125th.