The Tiffen #1 Viewer is for black-and-white imaging. Balancing lighting by eye is a matter of experience. Decisions can be aided through the use of contrast viewing filters. These are designed to handicap the eye, with its much greater range of apparent densities, to resemble the range of the various types of film.
Tiffen BWVF Overview
Tiffen BWVF Specs
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Tiffen BWVF Reviews
Couldn't see through it at all
I ordered this from B&H as a replacement for one I got on Amazon/Adorama because I could not see through it at all. I contacted Adorama who couldn't help. I contacted Tiffen directly whose product engineer said there must be an issue. So I returned that one and ordered this one. But I had the exact same experience. Only the brightest of light got through and that could only be seen after leaving it on my eye for at least a minute or so in order for my eye to adjust to the darkness. Light shining from around the cup made the glass reflect my eye back to itself. So I had to cup my fingers around it to block out the additional light. This made it completely impractical. I asked my tween-aged daughter to try it and I asked her what she could see. She said her eye. I thought maybe there was a protective film over the glass--nope, not that I could find or was instructed. It was like receiving a monocle for the eclipse. I'm clearly missing something here since I couldn't get either to work. I will say it's solidly manufactured. So there's that.
A wonderful helper
This black and white viewing filter was delivered by B&H very quickly and well packaged to Germany. Everything was very straightforward. The filter is very good and fortunately comes with a case. Many thanks to B&H