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Tiffen 6" Round Combination 85B / Linear Polarizing Filter (Unmounted)
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- B&H # TI85BPU6
- Mfr# 6IN85BPOLUN
Product Highlights
- Converts Tungsten Film to Daylight
- Deepens Blue Sky
- Enhances Clouds
- Eliminates Reflections
- Unmounted
- ColorCore Glass
- Made in the USA
- 10-Year Warranty
The 6" Round Combination 85B/Linear Polarizing Filter from Tiffen offers interesting possibilities for making images.
85B Color Conversion Filter
85B filter will produce natural colors when shooting with tungsten film outdoors. An 85B filter converts tungsten film to daylight.
What do you do when you must take some photos outdoors and all you have left is tungsten film? Using tungsten film in daylight will produce a bluish cast in the photograph. The 85 series of filters will "bring back", i.e. color balance the tones in your images. These yellow filters are used to correct differences in color temperature between the recording medium (film/video) and the light source.
Linear Polarizing filter
Light rays which are reflected become polarized. Polarizing filters are used to select which light rays enter your camera lens. They can remove unwanted reflections from non-metallic surfaces such as water or glass and also saturate colors providing better contrast. The effect can be seen through the viewfinder and changed by rotating the filter. The filter factor varies according to how the filter is rotated and its orientation to the sun.
If you're out walking on a lovely day - in the mountains or at the beach - and you want to get a fabulous shot of a cloud-filled sky or make the water seem more saturated, then a polarizer is the way to go. This filter is the best way to make the clouds stand out, increase or decrease the saturation of the ocean or increase or decrease the reflection off the water. You can also use this filter when shooting into glass or windows since it will, again, either increase or decrease reflections.
If you're shooting black and white and want to simulate a threatening storm, try throwing on a #25 Red filter. The vista will take on the appearance of an imminent, ominous storm.
Along with a UV or Skylight Filter, a polarizing filter should be a part of everyone's gear bag. It can turn a run-of-the-mill image into a stunning, creative photo by increasing color saturation.
Tiffen's ColorCore glass is produced through a process that entails permanently laminating the filter material in between two pieces of optical glass that are ground flat to tolerances of a ten-thousandth of an inch, then mounting them in precision aluminum rings.
Note! Linear polarizers are used with most video and manual focus photo cameras. They are not recommended for auto-focus SLR cameras
Benefit
- Polarizers eliminate ultraviolet rays to remove haze from outdoor shots as well as polarizing the light to remove reflections, and increase color saturation, without affecting the overall color balance
- Produces natural colors when shooting with tungsten film outdoors
- ColorCore Technology
- Tiffen filters are manufactured using ColorCore technology, a closely guarded proprietary process that entails permanently laminating the filter material in between two pieces of optical glass that are ground flat to tolerances of a ten-thousandth of an inch, then mounting them in precision metal rings
- The ColorCore process allows Tiffen to control the color and density of their filters, and the characteristics of special effects filters with much greater accuracy than typical dyed-in-the-mass filters, which usually exhibit color and density variations
Superior Quality
- Top Hollywood motion picture studios rely on Tiffen filters for their multimillion-dollar productions Superior quality and design make Tiffen the overwhelming choice of moviemakers, professional photographers and even NASA
- Tiffen has also been awarded an Emmy, from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for its engineering excellence
- Tiffen's ColorCore glass is sealed between two optical glass sheets. In this way, Tiffen can better control the various densities of their filters and thereby create more exact degrees of filtration. This process makes for greater accuracy of color as opposed to glass that is simply dyed and become subject to deviation during the dye process
- Tiffen, a leader in the filter industry, proudly makes its filters in the USA and backs up its products with a solid 10-year warranty
| Type | Combination 85B/Linear Polarizing |
| Size |
6" Round Unmounted |
| Grade | Not Applicable |
| Filter Factor |
85B = 1.8 (+2/3 stop) Polarizer = Between 2.3 and 2.8 (approx. +1.3 stops) |
| Multi-Coated | Not Applicable |
| Rotating | Unmounted |
| Effect |
85B = Removes excessive blue from images and produces more natural colors Polarizer = Removes reflections and increases color saturation without affecting the overall color balance |
| Application |
85 = When pleasing color balance is desired when shooting with tungsten film outdoors Polarizer = Nature, travel, outdoor photography |
| Color Temperature |
85 = Decreases the color temperature from 5500-3200 Kelvin Polarizer = No change |
| Construction | ColorCore Glass |
| Front Filter Thread Size | Not Applicable |
| Front Lens Cap Size | Not Applicable |
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