Need help on Tiffen Series VI filters . ????

[haagen_dazs]

hi guys
i need some help on the Tiffen Series VI filters
Actually i have no idea what this is all about.
I am trying to find a 40.5mm filter for my rokkor and someone responded to my wtb about tiffen series filters

how does this work?
what are 1As ?? what is that exactly.

For bw film, do you guys use yellow or green or yellowgreen filters? (i read somewhere that it helps bring out skin tones in bw film...)😕 😕

 

[FPjohn]

40.5mm to series vi adapter

40.5mm to series vi adapter

Hello:

You will need a 40.5mm to series vi adapter with retaining ring. *bay is a place to start as is the odds and ends bin of a local camera store if such can be found.

40.5mm is not that rare a size and B+W makes fine new filters in that diameter.

A Skylight 1A is an older conventional filter for colour film, a light yellow is a good general contrast filter which gives light clouds, a yellowgreen filter gives "normal" tonal balance in B&W. Go to the Schneider/B+W site and download their filter manual-it gives all you need on filters.

http://www.schneideroptics.com/info/handbook/

best of light
Frank

 

[rover]

I agree with Frank, just buy a 40.5 filter and don't mess with the series stuff.

 

[dll927]

Filters known as "series" are basically an older concept dating from the days when cameras had "slip-on" filter rings. The idea was that, by having the correct size of "slip-on" filter ring, you could use the "series" filter, which simply slipped into the ring., and you needed a "retaining" ring to hold it. In other words, there were no threads on the lens to accommodate filters. Nowadays it's considered better to buy filters for the largest-diameter lens you use, then use step-up or step-down rings for other lenses in your arsenal.


As for what is a 1A, it's a slightly salmon-colored filter (you need a white sheet of paper to tell the color) that is used for slightly "warming" the exposure. There was once a feeling, especially with Kodak Ektachrome films. that they tended to be "bluish", thus calling for the filter. But many people, including yours truly, follow the idea of keeping a filter in place on most lenses for the purpose of protecting the front element of the lens itself. Filters are considerably cheaper to replace than lenses are. Now, the next posting you see will be from somebody loudly claiming that keeping a filter on the lens degrades image quality. To which my answer is, Cada uno es dueno, which is roughly Spanish for "to each his own".

 

[venchka]

Don't dismiss the Series concept just yet. If, like me, you have several lenses with several filter thread diameters the Series system saves the day. Example: lenses with 34mm, 39mm and 43mm all use the appropriate adapter and Series VI (6) filters. I got the adpapters cheap from Eastok Sundries on ebay. 1 each red, yellow & green filters and I'm good to go on 5 different lenses.

PS B+W makes Series filters new.

 

[haagen_dazs]

anyone know how much should the series VI filter and adapter cost these days?

 

[rover]

That is the one good thing, they sell cheap. For $14 shipped to my door I just got a hood, a bunch of filters, a couple rings.......they are available on ebay pretty regularly, finding the correct adaptor rings may be the only tricky part.