Tiffen 105mm 23A Red Color Filter

Tiffen 105mm 23A Red Color Filter | 105CR23A

Shooting black-and-white film on a bright day often leads to flat, muddy skies and washed-out foliage. The blue cast from the atmosphere eats contrast, leaving your images looking more like a photo of a cloudy day than the dramatic scene you saw with your eyes. That’s the problem the Tiffen 105mm 23A Red Color Filter was designed to solve. It’s a straightforward piece of glass that changes how your camera sees the world.

• Dramatic contrast for black-and-white photography. This red filter darkens blue skies dramatically, making white clouds pop and reducing atmospheric haze for sharper, more defined landscapes.
• Built for large-diameter lenses. The 105mm thread size fits many high-end telephoto and wide-angle lenses used in commercial and fine-art work, so you don’t need step-up rings for those specific setups.
• Tiffen’s ColorCore construction. The color is precisely tuned and laminated between two pieces of optical glass, ensuring consistent performance across the entire surface without adding softness to your sharp lens.
• Solid metal filter ring. It’s tough enough to handle field work, and the ring won’t bind or deform easily when you’re switching filters quickly on location.
• Preserves shadow detail. While it blocks a lot of blue light, it still allows smooth tonal transitions in the midtones and shadows, so your highlights don’t blow out completely on high-contrast days.

You’ll find this filter is especially useful for landscape, architectural, and street photography when you’re chasing that stark, high-contrast look. Just set your exposure compensation accordingly ? usually about two stops ? and that flat scene suddenly has dimension. It’s one of those tools that feels simple but delivers results you can see immediately on the contact sheet.