Tiffen Filters

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milkmanFILMS

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Im looking into some 72mm filters for an upcoming short.
I know tiffen makes a ton.

Which are the good ones that make great effects?

-Lee
 
Re: Tiffen Filters

If you're using the dvx100a, there's no urgent need for solid neutral density filters, but you should probably get a UV filter, circular polarizer, maybe a warming filter and, depending on your shooting conditions, a graduated neutral density is really nice. DV tends to blow out easy, and the graduated ND will tone down the sky to better match your subject (it fades across the diameter from ND to clear). These filters are overlooked sometimes in the DV world but given how bad skies blow out it's a near must if you want the film look and you're shooting outdoors.

One other good filter for this camera is a mild softening filter like Tiffen's soft/fx 1 or 1/2 if you can find it. This slightly tones down the 'hardness" of DV and generally makes things look more filmlike, but stick with the low numbers (no more than the 3 for sure) or you are looking at some serious cheesey 70's wedding portrait action for sure. They also make a gold soft/fx which adds warmth to the image and softens it. DV is usually pretty cold/blue looking and it's easier to enhance warmth at the recording phase than the editing/color correction phase. You can usually get better results, too, since color correcting seriously blue footage back to warm degrades your image.

I would check out Tiffen's website or possibly adorama.com. They have some decent deals and are trustworthy as far as I know (just ordered some new filters there myself!)

Does anyone have any input on Hoya filters? I try to go Tiffen straight ticket, but Hoya has a super multi-coated UV filter that looks pretty sweet for a decent price. ?
 
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