Diffusion Filters

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Yay or nay?

I realised the other day almost the entire time I've owned my XF 33mm f1.4 it has had a Tide Optics Cinesubtle filter on it. I was about to shoot a friend's wedding with it but stopped to look at some of the portrait shots I've taken recently and I think I'm over this look now.

I got drawn into them with the whole Fujifilm recipe thing and the fact they take off the clinical look of digital. I think they're awesome for night photography or dusk/dawn shots with artificial lighting but for daytime the photos just look a bit weird. Also this is a very subtle 1/8 equivalent effect.

I'm just intrigued to hear what you guys think of them? Does anyone leave them on their lens the entire time like I did?

 

[Barks]

Wouldnt it be easier to do this in post using On1 Effects, Nik Effects or similar?

That was another question. I wouldn't have thought you could recreate the exact same effect in post without the image looking too artificial. Maybe someone on here has tried it or compared it to using an actual filter.