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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?
 
I have a Tiffan Black Pro mist 1/8th and I have used it just once.

I bought it to try and find it too much of a faff to put it on for like a single photo, especially I like to shoot more run and gun anyway. I don't want it for every photo.
 
DD_Crash said:
Wouldnt it be easier to do this in post using On1 Effects, Nik Effects or similar?
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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.
 
Boris Effects Optics has a lot of Fuji simulation options and does lots of other stuff as well, If you use adobe it works as a plugin. On1 photoraw and Affinity photo dont work as a plugin (I have tried)
I am sure that there is a free trial available
 
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