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Tiffen 58mm 81B Light Balancing Filter

BH #TI81B58 • MFR #5881B
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Tiffen 58mm 81B Light Balancing Filter
Key Features
  • Warming Light Balancing Filter
  • Less 300K to Convert 3500 to 3200K
  • ColorCore Technology
The Tiffen 58mm 81B Light Balancing Filter helps to decrease the color temperature by 300K in order to warm the image slightly in order to match the color quality of illumination. When using an 81B filter, you will be able to attain 3200K balance when the prevailing light source is 3500K. The warming effect of this filter requires a 0.3-stop increase in exposure for normal results.
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Tiffen 81B Overview

The Tiffen 58mm 81B Light Balancing Filter helps to decrease the color temperature by 300K in order to warm the image slightly in order to match the color quality of illumination. When using an 81B filter, you will be able to attain 3200K balance when the prevailing light source is 3500K. The warming effect of this filter requires a 0.3-stop increase in exposure for normal results.

This filter is made using ColorCore technology, a process that involves laminating the filter substrate between 2 pieces of optical glass, grinding flat to a tolerance of 1/10,000th of an inch, and then mounting to precision metal rings.

Light balancing filter decreases color temperature and provides a warming effect.
Subtracts 300K in order to attain 3200K color balance from 3500K illumination.
Filter factor of 1.3 requires a 0.3-stop increase in exposure.
UPC: 049383034592

Tiffen 81B Specs

Filter Type
81B
Exposure Reduction
0.4-Stop
Color Temperature
Converts 3500 to 3200K
Size
58 mm Rear Filter Thread
Front Accessory Thread / Bayonet
58 mm
Coating
No
Filter Thickness
0.1" / 2.5 mm
0.3" / 8 mm (Ring/Frame)
Filter Material
Glass
Ring Material
Aluminum
Packaging Info
Package Weight
0.115 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
3.5 x 2.9 x 0.6"

Tiffen 81B Reviews

Reliable Tiffen item

By Priscilla
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2019-11-27

I use the 81B all the time on my DSLRs with the WB set to daylight, for scenics where it cuts haze, for flash, backlit and in-shade people-pictures, and in overcast. The light-loss is small and the effect seldom if ever too warm. Incidentally other colour-correcting/-balancing filters are still useful, keeping the same daylight WB. That setting is right for interiors lit by incandescent or fluorescent, with an 80A or FL-Day over the lens. Those two really come into their own with mixed lighting, e.g. an interior with daylight coming through the windows. B&H's price was reasonable and the shipping prompt and efficient.

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