The Tiffen 6.6 x 6.6" Ultra Contrast 1 filter helps to open up your shadows using the ambient light surrounding the image area as well as the light within the image itself. It reduces contrast evenly throughout, with little or no loss of sharpness in the scene, even when there are different degrees of brightness.

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

The Ultra Contrast #1 filter is the first full grade available for this filter. More ambient light is used to open up your shadows, but you still will not see any flare or halation in the highlights. Sharpness remains constant.

Tiffen's ColorCore glass is produced by a process that permanently laminates the filter material between two pieces of optical glass 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, the shadows appear without detail; if you expose for the shadows, the result is washed out and the 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 flare 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 their filters and thus create more precise degrees of filtration. This process allows for greater colour accuracy compared to simply tinted glass which may be subject to deviations during the tinting process


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