I have a filter that has an aluminum ring without paint. Nikon Inc. in black paint is inscribed on the ring. I've never seen this type filter.
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 mynikonf2 |
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Posts: 30 (05/28/2008 10:09 AM) |
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nikonnl |
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Posts: 251 (05/29/2008 02:45 AM) |
Hi, the number on each Nikon filter corresponds with the wavelength of the color, (e.g. L37C = 370 nanometer + coated). Your filter is a conversion filter for
color films. It converts 5500 Kelvin into 3200 Kelvin degrees, making it possible to use a tungsten film (for indoor photography only) in daylight. You have to
increase exposure in this case by 1 stop. The salmon (amber) color will filter the red-ish light of indoor lamps and bulbs (850+ nm), so your pictures will
look like they were taken in daylight. Nikon made 10 conversion filters: 80A-D and 85, 85B, 85C, 85N3, 85N6 and 85N9.
Regards, Nico |
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Wes Loder |
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Posts: 324 (05/29/2008 08:25 AM) |
This is one of the filters actually manufactured by Tiffen, an American glass company, for Nikon, Inc., Ehrenreich's American distributer and marketing
company. They were not made by Nippon Kogaku. They are also probably not dyed-in-mass filters, but laminates.
The boxes are similar to the NK filter boxes from the same period, but as you note, the frame is aluminium, not chromed brass and the lettering is "Nikon Inc," Nikon, Inc filters included skylight filters (L1A) and the various color correction filters. The rest were NK products and so labeled and boxed. WES |
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Posts: 30 (05/30/2008 05:52 AM) |
Thank you both for your response. I knew would find an answer to my question here.
Mike |
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