Camera Lens Filters
A lens filter

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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