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Cokin P 195 Rainbow 1 Resin Filter ·
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Rainbows and Robes
It’s worth date stamping this post before you read any further. Just so we’re all agreed that it isn’t April Fool’s. This is a real thing. Cokin’s Rainbow filter. According to the manufacturer, it adds “a rainbow as real as in nature at a time and place of your choosing”. I kid you not.
When I first heard about this filter on a photo trip several years ago, I was convinced I was having my leg pulled. In fact, I had to check my leg was still attached to my body. Since then, the filter has become something of a running joke on many of my workshops. The ludicrousness of such a filter has us in stitches.
Thing is, until recently, I hadn’t actually seen one. So, after yet another round of mockery and mirth, I ordered one after this year's workshop in Ireland. Part of me still expected to be greeted by some sort of message upon checkout telling me the whole thing was the greatest jape in photographic history. Not a bit of it. The merchant took my money and actually sent me one.
My rainbow bath robe
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