Firecrest & Mitomo

[Philippe Therasse]

Hi ,
I 'm going to shoot with two Red Monstro in the same time on set.
I have 1 set of Neutral density Firescrest and 1 set of Neutral density Mimoto.
Mimoto & Firecrest are very good filters but

Do you think Mimoto & Firecrest are different ?
Do you think I could have problem with colors matching ?
Thank you very much.
Philippe.

 

[Andrew Reese]

I bet they are closer than you think but not identical. I have not used Mitomo as they are a bit expensive for my tastes and haven't had a chance to get my hands on them on set yet but I have used firecrest extensively and they are pretty neutral (now use Nisi which I think they are even better). If I were you I would have been more worried about matching variation in sensors/lenses than a color cast from two slightly different (high end ND's). Regardless, nothing a colorist shouldn't be able to make quick work of.

 

[Philippe Therasse]

Hi Andrew ,
thank you for your advice .
Finally , I'm going to leave with 2 set of True ND because Firecrest are very neutral but not exactly the same than the True ND.

I also made a test with the sensor .
Phil