Tiffen 72mm Digital Essentials Filter Kit
The Tiffen 72mm Digital Essentials Filter Kit contains all the basic items that an outdoor digital photographer needs.
UV Protector
These are wise initial investments. They help protect your valuable investment from dust, moisture and scratches, which can lead to costly repairs.
Circular Polariser
Light rays which are reflected become polarised. Polarising filters are used to select which light rays enter your camera lens. They can remove unwanted reflections from non-metallic surfaces such as water or glass and also saturate colours, providing better contrast. The effect can be seen through the viewfinder and modified by rotating the filter. The filter factor varies according to how the filter is rotated and its orientation to the sun.
Neutral Density
Tiffen's neutral density filters have several uses and offer the possibility to achieve 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 either a digital camera sensor or the film plane of a traditional camera. Neutral density filters are used to create certain unusual special effects such as capturing the "blur" of rippling water from a waterfall or the swirling effect of city traffic. As they allow the use of slower shutter speeds in bright light, it becomes possible to create these special effects that would normally not be possible to capture without the filter. And as they can also help control your depth of field, they allow you to photograph with wider apertures. Ultimately, their value lies in helping to avoid bright and overly washed-out images taken in bright light.
The entire 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 that are ground flat to tolerances of a 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 record on film and videotape 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 enable the use of slow shutter speeds, particularly with high ISOs, to record movement 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 ISO 400) and allow them to be used outdoors in bright situations
- To enable 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 various 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 is subject to variations during the tinting process
Tiffen, a leader in the filter industry, proudly manufactures its filters in the United States and backs 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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72mm
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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 excessive blue; eliminates haze and can improve image clarity; protects the front lens 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 bright light
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Application
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UV Protector: Useful when photographing mountain and marine scenes, where increased haze threatens to make 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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72mm
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Front Lens Cap Size
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72mm
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