Category: Filters

21 Sep 2025 • Buying Guides, Filters, Uncategorized

Filters are an essential part of photography and cinematography, helping control the look, tone, and accuracy of captured images. Among the many available, the 81A series filter stands out as one of…

08 Aug 2024 • Buying Guides, Filters, Lenses

Many vintage cameras had a lens without a filter thread. Manufacturers such as BDB, Leech and Actina created push-on filters for users of that type of camera. These filters, typical with an…

06 Feb 2021 • Filters, Photography Techniques, Tips

The cross polarising techniques is a simple one to create. Just place a polarising filter in front of the lens and photograph a stiff plastic object in front of an LCD computer…

05 Dec 2018 • Filters, Tips

There’s a really interesting article about photographer John Duder going back and experimenting with filters he never got around to using in the 80s over on ePHOTOzine: Experimenting With Filters From the…

17 Apr 2017 • Filters, Observations, Photography Techniques, Tips

There’s an interesting series of videos appeared that were produced by Lee Filters with conversation between the revered landscape photographers, Joe Cornish and David Noton. Epsiode 2 sees them discussing the changes…

10 Mar 2017 • Filters, Tips

The Hoyarex filter system was really good: high quality filters.. Great variety of options in the range. Some glass filters. Solid holder. And a really useful rubber hood. But the Hoyarex System…

10 Mar 2017 • Filters, Tips

The Hoyarex Skylight 1B filter – cat number 011 – is one of the most valuable filters in the Hoyarex range, yet is often overlooked, because its not a special effect filter.…

09 Sep 2016 • Filters

An interesting and under used  filters in the Cokin range is the Incolor 061. It’s part of the spot color range, and unlike many of the other colour spot filters this one…

01 Apr 2014 • Filters

In the early days of the polarising filter there was just one type – the linear polarizer.  The circular type arrived when the cameras with advanced metering (and later focusing) systems became…

26 Mar 2014 • Filters

A filter factor is highlighted on many filters as a multiple (or x). It’s simply the amount you need to increase the exposure by to compensate for light absorbed by the particular…