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Multigrade Filter Set 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Enhance your black and white photography with this filter set, allowing easy control over contrast. Effortlessly switch filters without complex calculations, maintaining consistent exposure times for most. Achieve high or low contrast images by using magenta filters to absorb green light and yellow filters to absorb blue.
Features
Contrast control with multigrade and variable contrast black & white photographic papers can be achieved in several ways.
Using Multigrade or Variable Contrast Hand Filters
One of the most widely used ways is through the use multigrade or variable contrast hand filters. A magenta filter absorbs green light and transmits blue; a yellow filter absorbs blue light and transmits green. In this way, high and low contrast images can be made.
Specifications
Multigrade filters are very easy to use: no complicated calculations are needed when changing from one filter to another. The exposure time for filters 00 - 31/2 is the same; that for filters 4 - 5 is double