Chapter 5 FILTERS Flashcards
This refers to colored disks of glass or gelatin which are placed in front of the camera lens to improve the quality
of pictures;
Filters
This refers to components of filters that are made by sandwiching gelatin between two sheets of colored
glass
Glass sandwiches
This refers to a thin sheet of gelatin dyed to the designed color and intensity. It is used in colored photo
Gelatin
This refers to discs of optical glass dyed to the desired color while in the melted stage
Dyed Glass
Photographic Filters
are?
1.Blue Filters
2. Green Filters
3. Yellow Filters
4. Ultraviolet or UV Filters
5. Neutral Density Filters
6. Polarizing Filters
7. Haze and Skylight Filters
8. Graduated Filters
9. Correction Filters
10. Starbursts Filters
11. Color Filters
This refers to photographic filters that turn bright points of light into stars with up to 16 points
- Starbursts Filters
This refers to photographic filters that increase contrast in black – and – white photographs.
- Color Filters
This refers to photographic filters that are clear at the bottom, graduating to a color at the top, recommended in a
situation in which the sky part of a scene is much brighter than the foreground.
- Graduated Filters
This refers to photographic filters that are intended to alter the response to the spectral sensitivity in terms of the
naked eye
- Correction Filters
This refers to photographic filters that are used to remove excess bluishness from distant view outdoors.
Haze and Skylight Filters
This refers to photographic a filter that is used primarily to control light reflected from highly polished surfaces,
metallic objects and others.
Polarizing Filters
This refers to photographic filters that are used to cut down light transmission.
Neutral Density Filters
This refers to photographic filters that is used to screens out the violet end of the spectrum
Ultraviolet or UV Filters
This refers to photographic filters that are used to photograph white cars; the details of the car will stand out
Yellow Filters
This refers to photographic filters that are used in place of blue filters for photographing blood. Often, they work
better than blue filters.
Green Filters