What will happen if I use a red or yellow filter on colour film?

Question

Yeah, what will hapen to the pictures? Will the be underexposed or something?
Thanks.

To Fotoface:
I am going to take a photography class (Digital) this year.
However, I've been learning on my own with my K1000 (The first one out...circa '75).
So, do get off your high horse. Thank you.

Answer 1

As long as the exposure meter is looking through the filter the exposure should be fairly accurate. The image will just look about like it does when you hold the filter over your eye.

Red filter - Red tones over whole pic.
Yellow filter - yellow tones over whole pic.

Answer 2

Well, put Michael M down for a Wrong answer. The filter passes its color and blocks others. So if you were using B&W film and photographing a red rose with green foliage, the foliage would be lighter and the red rose darker IF shot through a red filter. If through a green filter, the rose would be light and the foliage darker. The yellow filter would have a slight darkening effect on red and green.

If used with color film the photo will take the color of the filter - but someone already said that.

Answer 3

Actually if you are talking film and not digital, you sometimes use color filters to compensate for white balance. A blue filter allows normal daylight film to be used inside with tungsten lighting. I have done the reverse, use a yellow filter to compensate when using tungsten film in daylight.

Answer 4

If you have TTL then your camera will automaticall compensate for the filter(the added f/stop) it needs to adjust to.

As for effecting the pics. If you are shooting color, then a red will make it red and the yellow will make it yellow.
If you are shooting in B/W film. The filters act as blockers. Red filter blocks red from the sunlight. And Yellow blocks the yellow from sunlight. It will make other color spectrums more contrast. The red ot yellow objects will appear very light.

Answer 5

y'know, i have no idea...but i'd love to try it and see what happens, ...