Tiffen 52mm Neutral Density (ND) 0.9 Glass Filter

Neutral Density Filters Have Four Main Uses

• To enable slow shutter speeds to be used, especially with high speed films, to record movement in subjects such as waterfalls, clouds, or cars

• To decrease depth of field by allowing wider apertures to be used, which helps separate subjects from their background

• To decrease the effective ISO of high speed film (above ISO 400) and allow it to be used outdoors in bright situation

• To allow cine and video cameras (which have fixed shutter speeds) to film subjects such as snow, sand or other bright scenes which could cause overexposure

Neutral Density Factors

• ND.3 (exposure adjustment = 1 stop, reduces ISO 1/2)

• ND.6 (exposure adjustment = 2 stops, reduces ISO 1/4)

• ND.9 (exposure adjustment = 3 stops, reduces ISO 1/8)

• ND1.2 (exposure adjustment = 4 stops, reduces ISO 1/16)

• ND1.5 (exposure adjustment = 5 stops, reduces ISO 1/32)

• ND 1.8 (exposure adjustment = approx. 6 stops, transmits 1% of light)

• ND 3.0 (exposure adjustment = 10 stops, transmits 0.1% of light)

• ND 4.0 (exposure adjustment = 13-2/3 stops, transmits 0.01% of light)

• ND 6.0 = (exposure adjustment = approx. 20 stops)

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