Tiffen 52 mm Digital Essentials Filter Kit
The Tiffen 52 mm Digital Essentials Filter Kit contains all the basics an outdoor digital photographer needs.
UV Protector
These are wise initial investments. They help protect your precious investment from dust, moisture and scratches, which can lead to costly repairs.
Circular Polariser
Light rays that are reflected become polarised. Polarising filters are used to select which light rays enter your camera's lens. They can eliminate unwanted reflections from non-metallic surfaces such as water or glass and also saturate colours by providing better contrast. The effect can be seen through the viewfinder and changed by rotating the filter. The filter factor varies depending on the filter's rotation and its orientation to the sun.
Neutral Density
Tiffen's neutral density filters have several uses and offer the possibility of achieving results that would otherwise be impossible. They enable the photographer to adjust exposure without affecting colour balance. ND filters appear grey and reduce the amount of light reaching a digital camera's sensor or a traditional camera's film plane. Neutral density filters are used to create unusual special effects such as capturing the "blur" of rippling water from a waterfall or the swirling effect of city traffic. Since they allow the use of slower shutter speeds in full light, it becomes possible to create these special effects which would normally not be possible to capture without the filter. And since they can also help control your depth of field, they allow you to photograph with wider apertures. Ultimately, their value lies in their ability to prevent bright, over-washed images taken in full light.
The complete kit comes with a padded Tiffen storage pouch that will help keep your filters clean and free from dust, dirt, fingerprints and other contaminants.
Tiffen's ColorCore glass is produced by a process that involves permanently laminating the filter material between two pieces of optical glass which are ground flat to tolerances of one ten-thousandth of an inch, then mounted in precision aluminium rings.
UV Protector
- Tiffen filters offer additional correction benefits for ultraviolet (UV) light which can register on film and video tape as a bluish cast and can obscure distant details
- If desired, they can be left on the lens permanently for protection
Circular Polariser
- This filter eliminates ultraviolet rays to remove haze from outdoor shots and also polarises light to eliminate reflections and increase colour saturation, without affecting overall colour balance
- Makes a blue sky bluer
- Enhances clouds
Neutral density filters have four main uses
- To allow the use of slow shutter speeds, particularly with high ISOs, to record the motion of subjects such as waterfalls, clouds or cars
- To decrease depth of field by allowing the use of wider apertures, which helps separate subjects from their background
- To decrease the effective ISO of high-speed films (above 400 ISO) and allow their use outdoors in bright situations
- To allow cine and video cameras (which have fixed shutter speeds) to film subjects such as snow, sand or other bright scenes that could cause overexposure
Tiffen Quality
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 greater colour accuracy compared to glass that is simply tinted and subject to deviations during the tinting process
- Tiffen, the industry leader in filters, proudly manufactures its filters in the United States and supports its products with a solid 10-year warranty
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Specifications
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Type
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Digital Essentials Kit
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Size
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52 mm
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Grade
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UV Protector: Not applicable
Circular Polariser: Not applicable
Neutral Density: 0.6
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Filter Factor
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UV Protector: 0
Circular Polariser: Between 2.3 and 2.8 (approximately +1.3 stops)
Neutral Density: 2 stops
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Multi-coated
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Not applicable
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Rotating
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Circular Polariser only
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Effect
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UV Protector: Reduces excess blue; cuts through haze and can improve image clarity; protects the lens front element
Circular Polariser: Eliminates reflections and increases colour saturation without affecting overall colour balance
Neutral Density: Reduces the amount of light reaching the digital sensor or film plane; for using high ISOs in full light
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Application
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UV Protector: Useful when photographing mountain and marine scenes, where increased haze threatens to render your photographs indistinct in colour and clarity
Circular Polariser: Nature, travel, outdoor photography
Neutral Density: Nature, travel, outdoor photography
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Colour Temperature
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UV Protector: No change
Circular Polariser: Not applicable
Neutral Density: Not applicable
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Construction
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ColorCore Glass
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Front Filter Thread Size
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52 mm
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Front Lens Cap Size
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52 mm
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