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Filters: The Essential Reference Guide For Filmmakers

This document provides an essential reference guide for different types of camera filters used in filmmaking, including: 1) Conversion filters that match film balanced for daylight or tungsten light sources. 2) Light balancing filters that adjust the color temperature of light. 3) Neutral density filters that reduce light transmission for exposure control. 4) Polarizing, color compensating, and graduated filters for specific optical effects.

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Filters: The Essential Reference Guide For Filmmakers

This document provides an essential reference guide for different types of camera filters used in filmmaking, including: 1) Conversion filters that match film balanced for daylight or tungsten light sources. 2) Light balancing filters that adjust the color temperature of light. 3) Neutral density filters that reduce light transmission for exposure control. 4) Polarizing, color compensating, and graduated filters for specific optical effects.

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FILTERS

The Essential Reference Guide for Filmmakers

Camera Filters

Color Correction

Optical Effect Exposure Compensation Color Effect

Conversion Filters

To match a daylight balanced film with a tungsten source, use an 80A filter.

To match a tungsten balanced film with a daylight source, use an 85 filter.

Conversion Filters
Exposure Increase in Stops Conversion in Degrees K

Filter Color

Filter Number

Blue

80A
80B

2
1 2/3

3200 to 5500
3400 to 5500

80C
80D

1
1/3

3800 to 5500
4200 to 5500

Amber

85C
85

1/3
2/3

5500 to 3800
5500 to 3400

85N3
85N6

1 2/3
2 2/3

5500 to 3400
5500 to 3400

85N9
85B

3 2/3
2/3

5500 to 3400
5500 to 3200

Light Balancing Filters


Filter Color Bluish Filter Number 82C + 82C 82C + 82B 82C + 82A 82C + 82 82C Exposure Increase in Stops 1 1/3 1 1/3 1 1 2/3 To Obtain 3200K From 2490K 2570K 2650K 2720K 2800K To Obtain 3400K From 2610K 2700K 2780K 2870K 2950K

82B
82A 82 Yellowish 81 81A

2/3
1/3 1/3 1/3 1/3

2900K
3000K 3100K 3300K 3400K

3060K
3180K 3290K 2510K 3630K

81B
81C 81D 81EF

1/3
1/3 2/3 2/3

3500K
3600K 3799K 3850K

3740K
3850K 3970K 4140K

Nomograph for Light Source Conversion

Color Compensating Filters for Color Correction

Ultraviolet-Absorbing and Haze-Cutting Filters

Polarizing Filters

Without polarizing filter

With polarizing filter

Polarizing Filters

Without polarizing filter

With polarizing filter

Neutral Density Filters


Neutral Density 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 + 0.1 1.0 + 0.2 1.0 + 0.3 1.0 + 0.4 1.0 + 0.5 Percent Transmittance 80 63 50 40 32 25 20 16 13 10 8 6 5 4 3 Filter Factor 1 1/4 1 1/2 2 2 1/2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 16 20 24 32 Exposure Increase in Stops 1/3 2/3 1 1 1/3 1 2/3 2 2 1/3 2 2/3 3 3 1/3 3 2/3 4 4 1/3 4 2/3 5

Enhancing Filters

Creative Colors

Graduated Filters

No Filter

ND Grad

Warming Grad

Black-And-White Contrast Filters

Other Filters

Without warming filter

With warming filter

Other Filters

Lighting Filters

Conclusion

QUESTIONS?

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