B+W Käsemann Polarisatiefilters (XS-Pro Vatting)

De Duitse filterfabrikant B+W geldt als één van ‘s werelds beste fabrikanten van camerafilters. De Käsemann serie is hun ultieme serie professionele filters met de beste optische eigenschappen.

De vermaarde Käsemann filters hebben nu de 8-laags MRC Nano-coating van B+W. Deze nieuwe coating verbetert de kleurweergave en geeft een zeer helder, sprankelend beeld met een hoog contrast.

De MRC coating is bovendien water- en stofafstotend en zeer krasvast. Tot slot voorkomt de MRC-Nano-coating reflecties en ander ongewenste effecten.

De toevoeging HTC staat voor “High Transmission Coating” op een vernieuwde polarisatiefolie die een nog betere lichttransmissie garandeert.
In deze nieuwspost gaan we nog wat verder de diepte in over de eigenschappen van deze filters en waar MRC-Nano, HTC en XS-Pro Digital precies voor staan.

Voorbeeldfoto’s

Hieronder een greep uit de vele prachtige foto’s, gemaakt met deze filters, die je vindt op fotosite Flickr.

Highlights of Iceland
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Somewhere under the Rainbow
At Skogafoss we had to witness a quite strange photoshoot for some fashion label. The Lord of the Rings look alike models were supposed to walk as close to the waterfall as possible. Still beeing 100 Meters away they were soaking wet at 9°C and seemingly anoyed. The following discussion under the rainbow took some time and nerves because actually I did not want Gandalf to draw all the attention away on my Skogafoss images. After a while I just tried to make the best out of the situation ;) Best on black. Press "L" for lightbox

Good Mother IV
View in big size my dear flickR friends! it’s winter in Paris and it’s bloody cold, so I am going on holiday there where it is summer now...;-) it means that I won’t be able to see your wonderful pictures and to comment on them, but I guess the more exciting will be the day when I’ll come back! take care then...;-) View On Black

australian way of life
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Filters and Optical Accessories
B+W MRC UV filters (F-Pro or XS-Pro, various sizes, on all lenses) B+W Käsemann CPL (Slim: 82mm and 77mm) B+W ND filters (77mm: 3-stop/0.9 and 10-stop/3.0, 72mm: 3-stop/0.9) Schneider Optics ND filter (82mm: 10-stop/3.0) B+W Step-Up Rings (67→77mm and 72→77mm) Canon 52mm Drop-in Circular Polarizing Filter Canon Angle Finder C Canon EF 12 II Extension Tube Canon EF 25 II Extension Tube Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS M

Tree of Petra
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Marseille : Le Vieux Port
View On Black The Old Port of Marseille français : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux-Port_de_Marseille english : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Port_of_Marseille

..Split...
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City Hall of Marseille
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Petra : al-Deir II
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anniversaire sans abri
Il était assis au bord d’une vitrine dans le 7ème. Sa pancarte était des plus classiques : «J’ai faim, une pièce pour manger SVP». Je lui demandai si je pouvais lui donner quelque chose à manger, il répondit par un oui. Il y avait le marché sur le terre-plein du boulevard Raspail, je lui achetai alors un chocolat à l’ancienne et deux viennoiseries. Manifestement, il n’avait pas mangé depuis un moment car il se jeta sur la nourriture comme un animal sauvage. Nous nous engageâmes dans une conversation sur tout et rien, il se plaignit du froid. Après je le pris en photo avec son accord, il ne fit aucun effort pour poser. Juste avant mon départ, il me dit que c’était le jour de son anniversaire…

sunrise in Petra
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homeless birthday
He sat on a windowsill in the most posh area of Paris. His begging board was rather classical: “I am hungry, help me buy food please!”. I asked him if I could give him something to eat, he said yes. There was a street market nearby, so I bought him a real hand-made hot chocolate and two pastries. Obviously he hadn’t eaten since a while: he threw himself on the croissant like a vulture. We had a small talk, he was quite desperate about the cold winter. Then I photographed him with his permission, apparently he did not care about posing. Just before I left, he told me that today was his birthday…

carte postale de Marseille
post card from Marseille... View On Black

Good Mother II
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Hôtel de ville de Marseille
bien que sous la neige en ce moment, Marseille sera la capitale européenne de la culture en 2013. View On Black View in big size

Bonne Mère / Good Mother
View On Black Notre-Dame de la Garde (called also "The Good Mother") is a Neo-Byzantine church situated at the highest natural point in Marseille, on the south side of the Old Port. english : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_la_Garde français : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_la_Garde

sunrise in Petra II
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Entrance to Petra
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Good Mother III
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Good Mother
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Sky of Petra
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Flinders Street Station
View On Black View in Large Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne. from wikipedia : English / Flinders_Street_Station wikipedia : en Français / Flinders_Street_Station

Welcome Back
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Colours and Clouds
The Landmannalaugar area is a popular tourist destination and hiking hub in Iceland's highlands. The area displays a number of unusual geological elements, like the multicolored rhyolite mountains and expansive lava fields, not far from the service center. The many mountains in the surrounding area display a wide spectrum of colors including pink, brown, green, yellow, blue, purple, black, and white. Two of the most popular mountains among hikers are Bláhnjúkur (meaning "blue peak") and Brennisteinsalda (meaning "sulphur wave"). Source: Wikipedia Best on Black. Press "L" for lightbox

Wilsons Promontory National Park
View On Black amazing place discovered thanks to my flickR friend Bill (thank you so much, buddy!...;-)) and trekkingvisions (not very well known extention of photozone) from wikipedia : Wilsons Promontory National Park

Petra : al-Deir
View On Black in Large size wikipedia (in French only) : Deir View in Original size

Levels
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Final Destination
After walking through a rainy nothingness for almost an hour the storm calmed down as we reached the wreck of the crashed Dakota at Solheimasandur. The atmosphere of the place is a morbid magic - nothing but black ashes as far as you can see and this plane in the center of total silence really gave me the shivers. I strongly recommend visiting this less known highlight on Iceland but please apologize that I will not let out it's exact position because there are already too many graffiti and missing parts due to souvenir hunting. You can find it with a bit of effort by internet research and the help of google maps - I think it also makes the experience much more interesting :) Please respect the place If you go there. Best on black - press "L" for lightbox

Hengifoss
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Skógafoss
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Lost in Landmannalaugar
180° panorama made from 15 single images The Landmannalaugar area is a popular tourist destination and hiking hub in Iceland's highlands. The area displays a number of unusual geological elements, like the multicolored rhyolite mountains and expansive lava fields, not far from the service center. The many mountains in the surrounding area display a wide spectrum of colors including pink, brown, green, yellow, blue, purple, black, and white. Two of the most popular mountains among hikers are Bláhnjúkur (meaning "blue peak") and Brennisteinsalda (meaning "sulphur wave"). Best on Black. Press "L" for lightbox

Heart of Iceland
Home is where the heart is ;) Best on black. Press "L" for lightbox

Gullfoss - Second Step
Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometer above the falls it turns sharply to the left and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (60 ft) wide, and 2.5 km in length, is at right angles to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. The highest flood measured was 2000 m³/s. As one first approaches the falls, the crevice is obscured from view, so that it appears that a mighty river simply vanishes into the earth. Source: Wikipedia Best on black. Press "L" for lightbox

Le Mur du Bonheur / The Wall of the Happiness
View On Black & Large View in Original big size pas de métaphore poussée pour le titre : à Nanterre il y a un endroit qui s'appelle "la Ferme du Bonheur" et ce mur se trouve juste derrière la Ferme. alors quand je l'a vu, je me suis dis que peut-être le bonheur qu'ils y cultivent est contagieux, comme les OGM... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nanterre is one of the umpteen industrial suburbs surrounding Paris. so there is a (rather unusual) place in Nanterre called "The Farm of the Happiness" and this wall happens to be just behind the farm. when I saw it I said to myself that happiness grown there must be quite contaminous, like GMO-crops...

Time to leave
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who let in the rain?
View On Black in Large Size Cyndi Lauper / Who Let In The Rain

Snowboy
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Wadi Rum II
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Patterns of Drought
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..Real Steel...
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..Symmetry...
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Petra : esplanade of al-Deir
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Throat of Gullfoss
Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometer above the falls it turns sharply to the left and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (60 ft) wide, and 2.5 km in length, is at right angles to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. The highest flood measured was 2000 m³/s. As one first approaches the falls, the crevice is obscured from view, so that it appears that a mighty river simply vanishes into the earth. Source: Wikipedia Best on black. Press "L" for lightbox

Melbourne's tram
sometimes I still dream of Melbourne's trams...;-) View On Black in large size

tree of Petra III
View On Black in Large size there are only two trees in Petra. and this is the second one...

Jordanian flag in Petra
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Colours of Autumn
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Sunset over Lake Mývatn
Mývatn is a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. The lake and its surrounding wetlands have an exceptionally rich fauna of waterbirds, especially ducks. The lake was created by a large basaltic lava eruption 2300 years ago, and the surrounding landscape is dominated by volcanic landforms, including lava pillars and rootless vents (pseudocraters). The effluent river Laxá is known for its rich fishing for Brown Trout and Atlantic Salmon. The name of the lake (Icelandic mý ("midge") and vatn ("lake"); the lake of midges) comes from the huge numbers of flies (midges) to be found there in the summer. Source: Wikipedia Best on black. Press "L" for lightbox

I love Paris... too..;-)
View On Black I like travelling and I am just too happy every time I can escape from this monster city which is sucking up our energy and even our souls sometimes... and yet there is something in the air here in Paris, something which makes this place one of the most beautiful I have ever seen... il faut vraiment un week-end bien pourri pour avoir ce genre d'idées...

E30 2013 meeting overview
Annual E30 meeting in Sint Niklaas, Belgium.

Bubbles
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Sydney : Opera House and Harbour Bridge
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BMW E30 M3
Used a B+W Käsemann CPL

Hotspot
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Brisen at Sunset
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Red And Blue
New Milton, United Kingdom. South Coast. EOS 1Ds MkII, EF 17-40mm f/4L @ 40mm, f/14, ISO 50, 240sec Lee 0.9 GND, Big Stopper (10-stop ND) and B+W Kasemann CPL.

..Steps...
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Petra "au naturel"
even without its monuments Petra would still be an amazing and unique place... View On Black in large size View in Original Size

..In Between...
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..The Flexion...
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Petra au naturel
même sans ses monuments Petra serait un splendide et unique site... View On Black View in large size

Hringvegur
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Tempête de sable / Sandstorm
Sandsturm

Cya tomorrow
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Cathédrale de la Major II
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tree of Petra II
View On Black in Large size there are only two trees in Petra. and this is the second one...

après le cinéma
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Magic Maker
B+W Käsemann XS-Pro High Transmission Circular Polarising Filter.

Faux de Marseille
View On Black le fameux faux de Marseille est désormais disponible à la vente dans une boutique au centre ville. les touristes et même des autochtones en raffolent... View in big size

..Urban...
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