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Tiffen 6780A 67mm 80A Color Correction Filter

Name: Tiffen 6780A 67mm 80A Color Correction Filter
Brand: Tiffen
SKU: 6780A

Precisely Adjust Color for Natural-Looking Images The Tiffen 67mm 80A Filter allows you to balance daylight film with tungsten lighting, ensuring correct colors in your images. This filter adjusts for lighting variations, making it ideal for studio lighting and copy stand setups. Primarily design...

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Overview

Precisely Adjust Color for Natural-Looking Images

The Tiffen 67mm 80A Filter allows you to balance daylight film with tungsten lighting, ensuring correct colors in your images. This filter adjusts for lighting variations, making it ideal for studio lighting and copy stand setups. Primarily designed for color imaging.

Specifications:

Diameter: 67mm
Purpose: Balances daylight film with tungsten lighting
Application: Primarily for color imaging

Key Features

Achieve correct colors in image with daylight film

Adjusts for lighting variations

67mm diameter

Primarily for color imaging

Specifications

Filter Type

Color Correction (80A)

Filter Diameter

67mm

Primary Use

Color imaging, correcting colors with daylight film

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the main purpose of the Tiffen 6780A filter?

The main purpose of the Tiffen 6780A filter is to help achieve correct colors in images when using daylight film, especially under specific lighting conditions.

What is the diameter of this Tiffen filter?

This Tiffen color correction filter has a 67mm diameter, making it compatible with lenses that have a 67mm filter thread.

Is this filter suitable for all types of photography?

This filter is primarily intended for color imaging, helping to adjust for lighting variations to produce accurate colors.

How does the 80A filter help with color correction?

The 80A filter type is known for its strong blue cast, used to correct for the excessively warm light of tungsten bulbs when shooting with daylight-balanced film.

What type of film is this filter best used with?

The Tiffen 6780A color correction filter is specifically designed to be used with daylight film to help achieve correct color balance.

Strengths & Trade-offs

👍 Pros

Specifically designed to help achieve correct colors when shooting with daylight film under varied lighting.
The 67mm diameter ensures compatibility with a range of lenses that accept this filter size.
Primarily intended for color imaging, optimizing photographic results for vibrant and accurate hues.
Constructed to adjust for lighting variations, helping to maintain consistent color balance in different environments.
This 80A filter type is known for its ability to correct strong yellow/orange casts, often found in tungsten lighting.

👎 Cons

This filter is primarily for color imaging, meaning it is not designed for black and white photography.
The 80A color correction filter specifically targets tungsten lighting and would be inappropriate for daylight or flash.
As a 67mm diameter filter, it will only fit lenses with a matching 67mm filter thread, requiring additional step-up rings for other sizes.
Using this filter will reduce the amount of light entering the lens, necessitating longer exposure times or wider apertures.
The Tiffen 6780A filter's effect is fixed, unlike digital white balance settings that offer precise, variable adjustments.