[Review&QnA] Tiffen 67BPM14 67mm Black Pro-Mist 1/4 Filter
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[Review&QnA] Tiffen 67BPM14 67mm Black Pro-Mist 1/4 Filter
About this item
- Country of Origin: United States
- Package length: 3.54"
- Package width: 2.95"
- Package height: 0.59"
- Reduces highlights and lowers glare
- Soften wrinkles and blemishes while maintaining skin tone values
- Creates a soft quality of light and pastel effect
- Takes the edge off modern digital cameras
- Available in both screw-in and mptv sizes
- Uses Tiffen's ColorCore process to protect the filter effect between two pieces of glass
Reviews
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
An awesome diffusion filter
Works exactly as it's supposed to. Beautiful, gentle diffusion around light sources. Pleasing halation in the highlights and slight warm shift to the image at the cost (or benefit) of lower contrast. Even effect distribution across the image, too.
These images were taken with the Fuji XT3 / Mitakon Speedmaster v2 35mm @f0.95
(borrowed my daughter's bunny while the family was sleeping) First image has no filter. Second image has the Tiffen BMP 1/4.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Vintage buttery goodness.
This thing is awesome! We used it on a project where we mostly backlit the subject and it delivered that "bloomy" goodness on the highlights. I wouldn't recommend a higher strength than 1/4 unless is specifically for an effect. Tiffen also delivers on the build quality. It feels solid!
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
I have this filter for every lens I own.
I have this filter for every lens I own in multiple steps; 1, 2, 1/2 and 1/4. For every day shooting, 1/4 is perfect. It's the perfect strength to put on your lens before you go out and forget about it. It's not too strong, but the effect it has is noticeable. If I'm doing more stylized shoots, I might increase the strength to 1/2 or even 1 depending. 2 is the one I use less frequently, because it's very strong. However, many people don't realize you can tone down these effects in post with Contrast/Dehaze.
If you're unsure of what to go with in terms of strength, just know that 1/4 is what most people go for.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
The industry standard Barbara Walters filter
The industry standard Barbara Walters filter.
A must have for shooting interviews with women over 45. For their happiness.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Good product
Tiffen has the best filters. I regret buying the 1/4 because you can barely notice the difference. I advice get 1/2 or higher
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
The Tiffen BPM is a great filter.
So, sadly I didn’t receive my filter. It got lost in the mail or stolen. I’m not sure. But Amazon did assist me with credit. I ended up buying this filter in person at a local shop. It’s a great filter. It doesn’t alter the color much at all. If anything it’s the tiniest bit warmer. It does a fantastic job softening the image and really making the halation (light bloom) stand out. I love the look it gives to skin. Great filter all around.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
If you want to kill the digital look of your images and video.. start here!!!
I had no respect for the legendary Pro Mist line of filters. I tried to "Jimmy Rig" move with everything from Vaseline on the lens to hairspray! NOTHING came close to the combination of sharpness and bloomed soft highlights! Nothing at all!!!! Don't DIY it... Is just not the same. Software filters are not even the same!!!!
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
I would recommend buying the 1/8 filter.
The filter does exactly what they say it does. I bought the 1/4 strength filter and it works great. If I were to buy it again however, I would get the 1/8 filter. The 1/4 is much less subtle then expected. In very high contrast situations the effect is very strong. I think the 1/8 would be much more useable in most photo/video applications.
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
goodbye digital look and hello dreamy look
awesome filter, really softens the image and gets that bloomy look . Fun way to change your images to get that dreamy look, easier and cleaner than doing the vaseline trick. I know this is usually used for video, but i like using it for photography as well, prefer it over the post process way. Heres an image backlit and front lit so you see how the filter looks
★★★★★
Verified Purchase
Exactly as advertised
I ordered the 82mm Tiffen 1/4 Pro-Mist from GuruGear and got exactly what I asked for. Initially, I was afraid of purchasing expensive accessories from Amazon without trying it on my own gear first. Pro-Mist filters have a different effect depending on the focal length of your lenses and the strength of the filter itself, so do the research to determine what strength would suit your primary setup.
I purchased this attachment to give a hazy look to my moody portraits. I shoot with a dark background underneath colored lighting. After hesitating between the 1/2 and 1/4, I settled on the 1/4 and found that it suited me perfectly. If I need the effect to be stronger, I could exaggerate it in post. I'm very satisfied.
Question & Answer
Question :
Does this filter have front threads for stacking more filters on top of it?
Answer :
It does have front threads and yes I have stacked it with NDs and a Grad.
Question :
Is the 1/4 stronger than 1/2?
Answer :
No. it is other way. Least strong is 1/8 then 1/4 and then 1/2.
Question :
Will this fit a canon m50 kit lens? With a 49mm thread size
Answer :
This filter will fit any lens with a 49mm filter thread
Question :
If i i wanna to put tiffen nd filter also with it.do i need to get the same size ?like pro mist 77 and nd 77 mm or it should be bigger size ?
Answer :
Yes. It has a 77 mm tread on the exterior of the filter. Depending on the lens and the camera, if you stack multiple filters, you may see vignetting because they extend too much out from the lens. One way to fix this is to get a step-up ring to a bigger size and get bigger filters.
Question :
Does this fit on a Sony 24mm f/1.4 g master lense?
Answer :
67mm Filters will fit on a Sony 24mm f/1.4 g master lens.
Question :
Would the 37mm Tiffen filter fit in the front of a 39mm lens thread?
Answer :
No it won't.
Question :
What size I must choose for tamron 28 75?
Answer :
67mm
Question :
Will this fit an Olympus 45mm lens?
Answer :
Yes u can use it 37mm filter size
Question :
I bought the regular 1/8 pro mist filter instead of the 1/8 black pro mist filter, will there be a huge difference?
Answer :
Not much difference.
Question :
Does filtration strength vary depending on focal length of lenses? i have a canon 24-70mm ii and wanted the 1/2 bpm. afraid it might be too strong
Answer :
Two factors:
1- the magnification of the diffusion in the filter
2- the magnification of on-camera details you want to diffuse
Diffusion filters work by way of irregularities on the surface of the filter, to spread the light as it travels through/around that irregularity. In something like a Pro-Mist filter, the diffusion consists of a bunch of tiny white (or black) dots on the surface of the filter, kind of like a fine "mist" of spray paint or dust stuck to the glass. Soft FX and Mitchell diffusion filters use a series of bumps or "dents" in the glass surface to disturb the light path. In any case, the longer the focal length the more you magnify these dots or bumps in the filter relative to the frame. So the longer the focal length, the stronger the diffusion appears.
The flip side of that is the magnification of the subject. A wide shot of a person, say head-to-toe, makes small details and wrinkles in their skin pretty small in frame, so you don't need much diffusion to soften them. But when you go in tight on a longer lens, those small wrinkles are suddenly huge on screen, sending you diving for the filter box before the lead actress has a chance to see the monitor...
The trick is deciding on how you want to balance these two competing magnifications. Typically cinematographers increase the strength of the diffusion filter along with increases in focal length, in an attempt to smooth out the difference in detail between wide shots and tight shots. If the added magnification of the diffusion is too strong with an increase in focal length, you can back off the strength of the filter to maintain a more consitent look.
It's not uncommon to use one filter for all the medium focal lengths, and change the strength of the filter only for extreme wide or extreme tight shots. But there are always shots that warrant special circumstances, like a close-up shot with a wide lens. What do you do then? Drop to a weaker filter because you're on a wide lens, or go to a stronger filter because you're close on fine details? Or go extra-heavy with the diffusion because the shorter focal length isn't magnifying the irregularities in the filter as much? In the end you end up making decisions shot-by-shot based on the content of the frame and an attempt to make the diffusion appear consistent throughout the shot in a sequence. Sometimes you even need to use different types of filters to blend the look more seemlessly, as filter strengths and magnifications aren't always a consistent match.
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