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Are Tiffen filters made of gelatin laminated between glass? |
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No, Tiffen filters are two pieces of high-quality optical glass laminated together, with the filter effect actually contained in the special bonding material. |
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Do Tiffen filters separate? |
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No |
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How long is the Tiffen Filter Warranty? |
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Ten years. |
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Does Tiffen import their filters like all the other filter companies do? |
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95% of Tiffen filters are AMERICAN MADE in Tiffen's New York factory. |
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How do Tiffen filters compare with Kodak Wratten filters? |
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Tiffen filters exactly match Kodak Wratten filters in color and transmission light curves. These are technical capabilities no other filter maker can match. |
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What is the benefit of a Tiffen laminated filter vs. a competitor's solid glass filter? |
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Tiffen filters, because of their lamination process, offer total consistency from filter to filter, regardless of when the filter was manufactured. Solid glass filters often vary from one filter batch to the next! |
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Do multi-coated filters offer a benefit over Tiffen non-coated filters? |
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Only to the extent that they emit about 1/10th of an f:stop more light, which is almost immeasurable. Coated filters do cut down lens flare. This can also be done just by using a lens shade. Furthermore, many multi-coated filters on the market are not coated 8-12 times as found in lenses, but usually about two times, and sometimes not even on both sides of the filter! Properly coated lenses minimize or eliminate lens flare with or without coated filters. |
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Are Tiffen non-coated filters easy to clean? |
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Yes. Whereas it is often impossible to clean a multi-coated filter, because this may just spread the dirt and grease on the filter. In some cases, the cleaning solution has removed the filter's coating altogether! |
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Are Tiffen filters made of glass or plastic? |
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All Tiffen filters are made of glass for durability and excellent light transmission. |
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How extensive is the Tiffen product line? |
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Tiffen filters are available from 37mm up to 95Cmm screw-in sizes, 60 bayonet, 138mm drop in, Cokin style P series, Lindahl style series, Calumet/Lee style series, series 9, and square filters from 2"x2", 6.6"x 6.6", and numerous special sizes. Tiffen also manufactures Davis & Sanford tripods and Tiffen digital camera accessories. It also makes and/or markets a number of other high-quality photo accessory lines, including Domke, KATA and Kipling bags, Saunders easels, Saunders/LPL enlargers, Stroboframe flas.
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