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- OBJECT TYPE
- COLOUR BALANCING/YELLOW
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0434.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TIFFEN OPTICAL CO.
- MODEL
- PHOTAR SERIES 6
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARDSTOCK BOX/ SYNTHETIC CASE/ METAL RING WITH GLASS FILTER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.0 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 1.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera accessories
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TIFFEN
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1960S AND 1970S
- Canada
-
ORIGINAL OWNER, HAROLD EASTWOOD, WAS A SERIOUS AMATEUR CINEMATOGRAPHER. HE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM ENGLAND BUT RETIRED TO PEI. HE MADE WILDLIFE FILMS FOR THE BBC & FOR UN AFRICA FAMINE RELIEF. HE FILMED IN AFRICA, MEXICO AND NORTH AMERICA. [REF 2] - Function
-
USED WITH B&W FILMS TO CORRECT TONAL CONTRASTS IN THE OUTDOORS. - Technical
-
THIS FILTER ABSORBS BLUE, THEREBY RENDERING THE MOST ACCURATE TONAL CORRECTION OUTDOORS, AND PRODUCING EVEN GREATER CONTRAST OF CLOUDS AGAINST BLUE SKIES. REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY 1 STOP EXPOSURE INCREASE. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED AROUND RIM: 'TIFFEN PHOTAR YELLOW 2 SERIES #6 U.S.A.'/ MOLDED IN CASE LID: 'Tiffen [IN CURSIVE]'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'PHOTAR/ Tiffen/ COLOR/ CORRECTION/ PHOTOGRAPHIC FILTER/ TIFFEN PHOTAR FILTER/ No.8 (YEL.2) #6/ COLOR + 1 STOP/ TIFFEN OPTICAL CO./ ROSLYN HEIGHTS, L.I., N.Y./ MADE IN U.S.A. TRADEMARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ TIFFEN PHOTAR FILTERS/ THE LIFETIME/ GUARANTEED FILTER'
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- BOX: YELLOW WITH BLUE, BLACK AND WHITEPRINTING/ CLEAR CASE/ BLACK RING WITH YELLOW FILTER
- Decoration
- N/A
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TIFFEN OPTICAL CO., Filter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0434, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0434.001/
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