Camera Lens Filters

A lens filter  can be a great additional artistic and correctional tool for Underwater Photography or taking pictures on land with a 35mm SLR or a digital camera.

Filter Types

• Correctional : compensates and/or modifies the exposure color
• Contrast and color correction: Try one of the Cokin Varicolor Filter Series
• Yellow filter : increases yellow light and reduces the rest. Good for B&W photography.
• Red filter : elimates fog and haze, recreates moon shots during the day, great for folliage shots.
• Green filter : helps correct skin tone in portraits
• Orange filter : increases the red and yellow contrasts. Good for sunsets.
• Brown filter : creates a sepia-toned or aged photo with B&W film
• Color conversion filters : cooling and warming filters
• Flourescent filter : corrects unnatural light
• Neutral density filter : corrects the blinding effect of snow or sand
• Special Effects : used for creating soft focus
• Protective : instead of replacing your lens, simply replace the filter
• Protection filters keep your lens from becoming scratched, or from getting dirt, debris, and moisture into it.

• UV  and haze filters (skylight) absorb UV rays to improve outdoor shots

Technical Specifications

• Laminated, Sandwiched, Glass
• Screw-on,  drop-in  (for telephoto lenses), modular (uses a filter holder ), stepping rings (filter ring adapter )

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