FILTERS
DIFFUSION / CONTRAST FILTERS:
4x5 TIFFEN BLACK FOG: provides an overall atmospheric softening that creates a smooth wide flare from the highlights yet keeps the blacks, black without overly muting colors or losing detail in shadows. A subtle effect, it can be used to add an overall look to a project.
4x5 TIFFEN NIGHT FOG: yields a natural fog effect with overall atmospheric softening and wide flare, coupled with unique contrast reduction technology that reduces highlights without darkening shadows. In light grades it provides a beautiful new look. In strong grades it flattens the contrast and desaturates color so it is useful for day-for-night.
4x5 TIFFEN GLIMMERGLASS
4x5 TIFFEN SMOQUE
4x5 TIFFEN SOFT FX
4X5 TIFFEN BLACK DIFFUSION FX
4X5 TIFFEN BLACK PRO MIST
4x5 TIFFEN PRO MIST
4x5 TIFFEN WHITE FROST
4x5 TIFFEN BLACK PEARLESCENT
4x5 TIFFEN BLACK SATIN
4x5 TIFFEN LOW CONTRAST
4x5 SCHNEIDER BLACK FROST
4x5 SCHNEIDER CLASSIC SOFT
4x5 SCHNEIDER WARM CLASSIC SOFT 4x5 SCHNEIDER HOLLYWOOD BLACK MAGIC
4X5 SCHNEIDER RADIANT SOFT
STREAK: RAINBOW & BLUE STREAKS
4x5 SCHNEIDER BLUE Streak 1mm Blue
SCHNEIDER RAINBOW Streak
STAR:
4x5 TIFFEN HOLLYWOOD STAR
4x5 TIFFEN 4PT 2mm
4x5 TIFFEN 6PT 2mm
4x5 TIFFEN 6PT 4mm
COLOR:
4x5 TIFFEN Antique Suede 1
4x5 TIFFEN Chocolate 1
4x5 TIFFEN Coral 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
4x5 TIFFEN Coral SEH Grad 4
4x5 SCHNEIDER Amber Grad SEV 1
4x5 SCHNEIDER Amber Grad SEV 2
4x5 SCHNEIDER Paradise Blue B3, B6, B12, B1.5
4x5 SCHNEIDER Paradise Blue SEH Grad .3
4x5 SEH Blue Color Grad
4x5 SEH Purple Color Grad
4x5 SEH Magenta Color Grad
4x5 SEH Red Color Grad
Screw On 52mm: Red, Green, Yellow; 58mm: Blue
DIOPTERS:
SET OF 138MM DIOPTERS 1/2, 1, 2, 3
SET OF 138MM SPLIT DIOPTERS 1/2, 1, 2, 3
SET OF 4.5” ROUND DIOPTERS 1/2, 1, 2, 3
Screw on: Set of 77mm Diopters x1, x2, x4, x10; SER.9 Split Diopter Plus 2
POLARIZERS:
138mm Schneider Circular POLA
4 1/2 Schneider Round Tru-POLA Filter
4x5 True POLA
4x5 Schneider or ARRI Rota-POLA
Screw on: 52mm, 72mm, 77mm, 82mm, 95mm
FULL SPECTRUM FSND FILTERS:
4X5 SCHNEIDER RHODIUM FSND .3, .6, .9, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1
REGULAR ND FILTERS. // GRAD FILTERS:
SET OF REGULAR 4x5 ND: ND.3,ND.6,ND.9,ND1.2
4x5 SOFT EDGE HORIZONTAL GRAD ND.3, ND.6, ND.9 FILTER SET
Screw On: 55mm ND.3, 58MM ND4, 77MM ND.6, 77mm VariND
IRND FILTERS:
SET OF 4x5 Schneider IRND .3, .6, .9, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1
4x5 IR-cut Filter
SCREW ON:
77mm IR Cut
77MM UV Clear
82mm Clear
95mm Clear
77mm SCREW ON DIOPTER SET
TIFFEN 77mm Screw On BPM 1/8
TIFFEN 77mm Screw On BPM 1/4
TIFFEN 82mm Screw On BPM 1/8
TIFFEN 82mm Screw On BPM 1/4
TIFFEN VARI-BURST mm SCREW ON FILTER
TIFFEN 77mm SCREW ON VARIABLE ND FILTER
TIFFEN 82mm SCREW ON VARIABLE ND FILTER
TIFFEN 77mm SCREW ON POLA
TIFFEN screw on SER .9 POLA / POLARIZER FILTER
PRISM FX KALEIDOSCOPE 77mm
PRISM FX LINEAR 77mm
PRISM FX CENTERFOLD SPLIT DIOPTER 77mm
PRISM FX DOUBLE CHROMATIC FLARE 77mm
CLEAR:
4x5 Optical Flat / Clear
Screw On: 40.5mm Clear, 77MM UV Clear, 82mm Clear, 95mm Clear
IBE AESTHETIC OPTICAL FILTRATION:
4x5 IMPRESSIVE I
4x5 IMPRESSIVE II
4x5 IMPRESSIVE V
4x5 BLACK SOFT FOCUS II
4x5 BLACK SOFT FOCUS IV
4x5 BOKEH II
4x5 BROWN ATMOSPHERE
4x5 BLUE SHINE
4x5 GOLDEN FLEECE
David Mullen ASC writes about the effects of FILTERS: “I’ve been helping Ryan Avery on a book he is writing on diffusion filters. The principle behind a diffusion filter is that there must be clear areas for light to travel through directly, so the focus stays sharp, and other areas that bend and diffract light rays, throwing the image out-of-focus. It’s this overlay of sharp and soft images that creates diffusion. The classic example is perhaps the oldest diffusion filter ever made, a net. The threads of the weave bend the light but the gaps allow sharp rays to pass through. Anything that obstructs or bends the light rays can create artifacts like halation, some patterns more than others. Mist / fog / low-contrast filters are a subset of diffusion where the particles that cause halation are often small enough to have minimal effect on sharpness (but keep in mind that sharpness and contrast are intertwined). There are a number of filter designs that create a mix of halation and softening of detail. It’s all a matter of taste.
The Tiffen Black Diffusion F/X was designed by Ira Tiffen to soften on image with almost no visible artifacts like halation. Ira created a “C” shaped pattern to soften detail without creating halation; I think the black dot pattern also softened slightly while keeping the contrast from being lowered.
When 24P 2/3” HD came along in 2000, the extra depth of field of the smaller sensors caused some filter patterns to come into focus. The Schneider HD Classic Soft used smaller and more random “dimples” or lenslets compared to the Classic Soft, and Tiffen removed the black dot pattern in the Black Diffusion F/X, creating Digital Diffusion F/X.
There are a couple of “combo” filters that mix two different patterns on the glass, usually a fine pattern to create halation and a coarser pattern to soften fine detail. Schneider has the Hollywood Black Magic which combines a Black Frost with an HD Classic Soft. Tiffen has the Black Satin which combines GlimmerGlass (I think) with Digital Diffusion F/X.
I shot these photos with a macro lens. I had to put a bright-to-dark gradient behind the glass to see the relief patterns.”
