Uses of Color Compensating Filters
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As creative tools, Color Compensating
filters have found much favor among working professionals. Not only do
they add precise amounts of predictable color but they can also be
combined (up to three at a time) to produce anything from a faint tint
to a rich, deep, monochromatic reinterpretation of a scene. They can be
used during actual picture-taking or later, when copying slides, to
correct or improve the original. Color Compensating filters is also
widely used by experienced film photographers to "tweak" color. Add a
CC 40 or 50Y filter to an otherwise dull gray day and the effect is the
same as if the sun suddenly broke out from behind the clouds-and
without shadows as a bonus. With a number of CC filters you can warm or
cool scenes slightly, dramatically, or impart any color cast by merely
combining several densities and colors. Further, CC filters can add
interest in skin tones by warming pale skin. Be creative by devising
new skin colors such as magenta, green, or even violet. Obviously, the
possibilities are endless.
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CC filters come in two configurations.
The original CC filters, Kodak's Wratten series, are available in very
thin (.02mm) gelatin squares or rectangles. They are quite delicate and
need careful handling. They also require a filter holder and adaptor
system to use on a lens. A few companies, principally Tiffen, have
developed CC filter lines that are premounted in glass, making them
durable and easy to use. Glass-mounted CC filters are supplied in all
densities for .025 to .50 and in all six colors.
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