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Do you want better results with your pictures? Improve your color and contrast? Now XL-1 users can use a 72mm-9 or 75SSLR-9 adapter ring and enjoy the luxury of buying Series 9 filters. Series 9 offers a greater variety of filters, thereby offering you more opportunity to enhance and experiment with your pictures.

The same principle applies for GL-1 users. By using a 58mm-9 adapter ring, you can take advantage of the variety of filters offered in Series 9.

Canon and Fujinon lenses can't use the Series 9 filters but they can take advantage of the 4 1/2 filters by using an 85SSLR-4 1/2.

Tiffen Filters

Superior quality, consistency, and precision engineering make Tiffen filters the overwhelming choice of NASA, film and video production studios and professional still photographers.

Tiffen colors, which are based on the Kodak-Wratten^® filter series, are fused between two layers of optical-quality glass which, unlike ordinary dyed-in-the-mass glass filters, guarantees consistent colors every time. This unique lamination process was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which honored Nat Tiffen with an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1985. It was the first time in almost 50 years that an award of this stature was bestowed upon a filter manufacturer.

Protective and Ultraviolet Filters

Sky 1-A

Absorbs a significant amount of UV light to ensure sharper detail and is slightly tinted for better colors, useful when shooting in outdoor open shade and on overcast days.

Haze-1 filter

Helpful when photographing mountain and marine scenes, where increased haze threatens to make your photographs indistinct in color and clarity. This filter absorbs greater UV light than a Sky 1-A.

Haze 2A filter

Best when shooting at higher altitudes, where UV light is more prevalent and greater UV absorption necessary.

Clear filter

Made of clear optical glass, protects your lens like a transparent lens cap with no color shift to your image.

Filters for Black-And-White Film

All of these filters can be used on color film for creative color effects.

#6 Yellow Filter

Darkens the sky slightly and adds subtle definition to clouds.

#8 Yellow 2 Filter

Offers the most natural tonal correction possible for contrast in clouds against blue skies, as well as flowers and foliage. Great for landscapes.

#9 Yellow Filter

Offers stronger cloud contrast for landscapes than a #8 Yellow 2 filter.

#12 Yellow Filter

Great for aerial shots when you need to cut the bluish haze from the sky.

# 15 Deep Yellow Filter

Captures dark, dramatic skies in landscapes, marine scenes and aerial photography with more dramatic effects than an #8 or #9 Yellow Filter.

#16 Orange Filter

Creates cloud/sky contrast that exceeds that of the #15 Deep Yellow.

#21 Orange Filter

Useful when you're shooting seascapes and want to punch up contrast, rendering blue tones darker.

#11 Green 1 FilterAn ideal outdoor filter for more pleasing flesh tones, especially suited for portraits photographed against the sky. A universal asset for all scenics -- tonal range maintained while greens are lightened to reveal more detail.

#13 Green Filter

Best for taking indoor photographs under tungsten lighting, especially male portraits. It renders flesh tones deep, swarthy and appealing.

#56 Light Green Filter

Ideal when you want to capture good flesh tones while darkening blue skies.

#58 Dark Green Filter

Lightens foliage considerably and can help you achieve high contrast effects in photo-microscopy.

#61 Dark Green Filter

Best when you want to lighten foliage to a maximum degree.

#23A Light Red Filter

Helpful when shooting objects (not people) and you want to emphasize contrast. Ideal for architecture photography.

#25 Red 1 Filter

Creates dramatic sky effects, emphasizing cloud contrast for landscapes. Use this filter to simulate a moonlit scene at midday (with slight underexposure). With infrared film, this filter yields extreme contrast in skies, turns foliage white and cuts through fog and haze.

#29 Dark Red Filter

Can yield extreme and spectacular sky effects and cloud contrast, causing the most dramatic tonal effects.

#47 Dark Blue Filter

Useful when you want to accentuate haze and fog, creating moody atmospheric effects in landscape and marine scenes.

#87 Infrared Filter

Designed for use with infrared film when you want to transmit only the infrared spectrum. There is no visible transmission.

Filters for Color Film

Tiffen 812^® Filter

An exclusive Tiffen product that improves the color of skin tones and is ideal for portraits taken on a cloudy day or under trees on a sunny day. It absorbs the blue cast often caused by electronic flash and adds warmth to pale, washed-out skin tones. It can also be used in place of a Sky 1-A for warmer results.

Tiffen 80 Series

Use this series of filters when you have daylight corrected film in your camera and you want to shoot indoors without a flash. The 80A filter is adequate most of the time for achieving correct color in your image.

80A Filter

Balances daylight film for studio lighting and copy stand lighting. (3200ºK)

80 B Filter

Balances daylight film for photo flood-lamps. (3400ºK)

80C Filter

Balances daylight film for clear flashbulb or strobe light.

Tiffen 85 Series

For shooting tungsten corrected film outdoors, the 85 series is a must. These filters will produce natural colors in your pictures. The most commonly used filter is the 85B, which balances Type B tungsten film.

85 Filter

Converts Type A film to daylight.

85B Filter

Converts Type B film to daylight.

85C Filter

Produces warmer results with daylight film, cooler results with tungsten film.

Tiffen 81 Series

These filters, especially the 81A, are useful when shooting with daylight corrected film outside on an overcast day, in open shade under trees or with an electronic flash in situations that emphasize cooler tones. The 81A will add warmth to the scene to achieve better color.

81 Filter

Balances daylight film for electronic flash.

81A Filter

Balances daylight film for use with 3400ºK lamps.

81B Filter

Balances Type B film for use with 3400ºK lamps.

81C Filter

Balances Type A or Type B film with clear flash.

81EF Filter

Balances Type A film (3400ºK), producing warmest results, recommended for sunsets.

Tiffen 82 Series

These filters, in particular the 82 or 82A, help reduce unnatural red tones when filming in early morning or late afternoon light. They maintain natural flesh tones by reducing reds while adding cooler moderate color.

82 Filter

For any 100º increase in Kelvin temperature.

82A Filter

Balances Type A film for use with 3200ºK lamps.

82B Filter

Balances Type B film for use with 3200ºK lamps.

82C Filter

Balances Type A film for use with 3200ºK lamps.

Tiffen Color Compensating Filters come in different densities in each of 6 colors --blue, green, red, cyan, magenta and yellow. With these filters you can remove unwanted color or experiment with color renditions to bring out the most desirable colors in a scene. They can be combined to produce just the tint and density necessary for a particular shot.

Available Color Compensating Filters:

Blue

CC10B, CC20B

Cyan

CC05C, CC50C

Green

CC05G, CC1OG, CC20G

Red

CC05R, CC1OR, CC20R, CC30R

Magenta

CC05M, CC1OM, CC20M, CC30M, CC40M, CC50M, CC70M

Yellow

CCO5Y, CC10Y, CC30Y, CC40Y, CC50Y, CC70Y

CC30R Filter

A red filter recommended specifically for underwater photography with daylight film. Use it when you want to enhance warmer colors and to produce accurate color when shooting through water or tinted glass.

Coral Filter

Warming filters available in a wide range of densities (1/8-5). Used to adjust Kelvin temperature for different times of day. Also used as a warming filter to enhance skintones.

Fluorescent Light Filters

Color correction filters which give natural color renditions, eliminating the deep blue-green cast ordinarily resultant from shooting color films under average fluorescent lighting.

FL-B Filter

For use with indoor type B film

FL-D Filter

For use with the daylight film.

LL-D Filter

Allows use of tungsten film in daylight without exposure compensation, as for low-light situations. For use with negative film for motion picture photography in conjunction with an optical printer.

Enhancing Filters

An excellent choice for increasing interest in red and orange subjects is the unique Tiffen enhancing filter, which creates brighter, more saturated reds, rust browns, and oranges on film, with minimal effect to other colors.

Made of didymium glass, it's ideal for photographs where red, brown and orange subjects should be enriched or appear more intense. Old rustic barns, flowers, fire engines and automobiles, historic brick buildings, earth tone rock formations, strawberries and tomatoes, are some of the many subject possibilities in which a Tiffen enhancing filter can improve the color saturation of your photograph.

For truly spectacular images, try combining the Tiffen enhancing filter with a Tiffen Polarizer. The Tiffen enhancing filter will intensify color in the foreground landscape, while the Tiffen Polarizer will produce beautiful blue skies for maximum color saturation.

The Tiffen enhancing filter is available in a variety of sizes.

View examples of the Enhancing Filter in action

Neutral Density (ND) and Color Grad^® Filters

Tiffen Neutral Density filters are among the most important filters you can own when shooting either film or videotape under widely varying light conditions.

When using these filters in bright light situations, they enable you to control and reduce the light reaching the lens. Tiffen Neutral Density filters help you maintain proper exposure which produce better colors, contrast and detail in many different situations.

Neutral Density filters are practical for:

• Preventing over-exposure when taking pictures of a brightly lit subject on a sunny day, especially with high speed film.
• Recommended by camcorder manufacturers in bright/outdoor situations.
• Controlling exposure under a variety of lighting conditions, while shooting at a preferred aperture.
• Ideal for portraits and flower studies by allowing wider apertures to bring attention to your subject by softening a distracting background with shallow depth of field.
• Perfect for action photography. Create special motion effects using longer shutter speeds; moving objects appear as a soft blur.

Neutral Density Filters

ND.3

requires 1 f-stop additional exposure

ND.6

requires 2 f-stops additional exposure

ND.9

requires 3 f-stops additional exposure

Color Grad^® Filters

Half color, half clear, with a smooth transition -- no hard line. Creates deep blue skies, with a Blue Color-Grad, while retaining natural foreground color. Creates brilliant sunsets with the Red Color-Grad. Selectively tone down bright areas with the Neutral Density Color Grad. Rotatable for proper alignment with your image. Available in several colors.

Color Grad^® ND.6

Half Neutral Density graduated to half clear -- provides the perfect solution for selectively toning down bright areas within a scene. A rotating mount allows for proper positioning with your selected image. Landscape photography is its most popular application, to maintain proper exposure balance between the sky and foreground.

Other Available Color Grad Filters

ND.3, .9, SkyFire 1-3, Twilight 1-3, Sunset 1-3, Tropic Blue 1-3, Blue 1-5, Cool Blue 1-5, Cyan 1-5, Straw 1-3, Chocolate 1-3, Tobacco 1-3, Tangerine 1-3, Plum 1-3, Grape 1-3, Cranberry 1-3, Yellow 1-5, Coral 1/8-5, Red 1-5, Pink 1-5, Magenta 1-5, Green 1-5

Available Color Grad Complements

Blue 1 & 2, Amber 1 & 2, Red 1 & 2

View examples of the Tiffen Color Grad Filters in action:

• Color Grad Grape 3
• Color Grad Plum 3
• Color Grad Tangerine 3
• Color Grad Tropic Blue 3
• Color Grad Sunrise 3
• Color Grad Sunset 3
• Color Grad ND.6

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