The Tiffen Ultra Contrast 2 4 x 5.65" filter helps open up your shadows using ambient light around the image area as well as light within the image itself. It uniformly reduces contrast, without loss of sharpness in the scene, even in the presence of varying degrees of brightness.

Shadow areas will reveal more detail but without blur or halation from direct light sources or bright reflections. The Ultra Contrast works similarly to a Tiffen Low Contrast filter, the difference being that it reduces contrast across the entire image whereas a Low Contrast filter will only open up shadows.

The Ultra Contrast #2 filter continues to capture even more detail in shadow areas. Contrast continues to be lowered uniformly across the entire image area. Sharpness is still not compromised and you will not begin to see blur or halation.

Tiffen's ColorCore glass is produced by a process which involves permanently laminating the filter material between two pieces of optical glass which are polished to tolerances of one ten-thousandth of an inch, then mounted in precision aluminium rings.


- Bright lights or sunlight create problems when the ratio between highlight and shadow areas exceeds the film's latitude; if you expose for the highlights, shadows appear with no detail; if you expose for the shadows, the result is washed out and highlights are excessively bright
- Contrast reduction is achieved by lightening shadows without overexposing or darkening, or by darkening highlights without further darkening shadows
- Even when filming directly towards the sun, there is no blur or halation
- Tiffen's ColorCore glass is sealed between two sheets of optical glass. In this way, Tiffen can better control the different densities of its filters and thus create more precise degrees of filtration. This process allows for better colour accuracy compared to glass that is simply tinted and becomes subject to variations during the tinting process


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