A Tiffen Yellow #8 is commonly used for a noticeable increase in contrast with black and white films.

Especially useful for added contrast between blue sky with clouds and foreground

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. does it have both male and female threads for adding more filters onto this one?

A: Yes, it has both male and female on front for adding more filters.

Q: 2. What is white water glass?

A: Water White Glass is the most optically clear glass we use in the construction of Tiffen filters.

Q: 3. Difference between the Series 9 Tiffen water white glass ND and the standard Series 9 Tiffen ND?

A: The Tiffen Series 9 Water White Glass filters use what Tiffen calls Water White Glass construction, which Tiffen claims provides greater optical clarity than the standard construction.

Q: 4. Does this filter have a coating? What is the advantage/disadvantage of a coating compared to a filter like the B&W ND MRC

A: This filter is not coated, Tiffen does make a series of multi-coated ND filters called Digital HT which can be found at the link below. Coating provide the filter with scratch resistance, makes it easier to clean and helps to prevent reflections. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Tiffen%2082%20ht&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search=

Q: 5. Is the thread material brass?

A: The Tiffen 77mm White Water filter uses an aluminum ring and has aluminum threads.

Q: 6. hi thereis this comptatible with canon 5d mark III?tx

A: The Tiffen 82mm FL-D Flourescent Glass Filter for Daylight Film is designed to prevent color casting on color film, and is unnecessary for digital cameras such as the Canon 5D Mark III. To avoid color cast from flourescent lights with your camera, simply change the white balance to flourescent lighting.

Q: 7. With daylight film in mixed incandescent lighting, how does this filter differ from the cooling color conversion filter grades?

A: This Tiffen 55mm FL-D Fluorescent Glass Filter for Daylight Film will remove the green cast of fluorescent lights. With multiple type of lighting filtration can be tricky, I would filter for the dominant light source and err towards what I believe would look most natural. i.e., warmer skin tones would look more natural than green or blue skin.

Q: 8. How does the image through this filter compare with using the Black (not warm) Pro-Mist?

A: The Tiffen Warm Pro Mist is defined by utilizing the diffusion effect with an 812 warming filter for providing a general warmth to the image and for improving skin tones. This warming effect also helps to reduce blue sensitivity and for cutting through overly cool tones within the scene. The Black Pro Mist filter . Its unique layering of contrast combined with a gauzy paint like halation, function as a twist on the stand of the pro halation spill effect. Even at its lowest density, it delivers an effective and increase in the halation which adds a pleasing depth of warmth, but is not transported to the skin tone values.

Q: 9. What is the stop compensation for this filter? Using to shoot film pinhole .

A: The compensation is 2 stops.

Q: 10. Would this lens be appropriate for color infrared film?

A: Hi Cindy,I think you mean filter, not lens. This filter is intended for black and white film only. It is good for increasing contrast in a scene that has low contrast. There is a 1 stop filter factor.