- For black-and-white infrared film only
- No visible transmission
- 49 millimeters in diameter
- Total visible light absorption
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Size: 49mm
Infrared Filters Various filters are used to reduce unwanted visible light. Total visible light absorption, transmitting only infrared, can be useful. Prior testing is recommended.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:58mm
Don't know why this product is linked to reviews of 'Tiffen 58mm Photo Essentials Filter Kit' but I've seen stranger things here. I summarize it is from reviewers misusing the Product Link option.
The Review: The #87-IR is a true Infrared filter and is opaque. See my photo example under `Large Images' above (lastly, after all the unrelated other photos). The photo was taken thru a Digital Samsung NX-10 w/Rokkor 20mm/2.8, 8 sec.
Tiffen as been in the optic biz nearly forever and this filter carries the same heritage. It is costly because good IR filters are very costly to manufacture. In addition, the treaded-ring is not cheep and will run smooth without locking-up and the glass is of professional photo-optic quality. Hope this is of help to you.
F.Y.I. at present, I would not say that the Samsung NX-10 is a good camera for IR photography.
The Review: The #87-IR is a true Infrared filter and is opaque. See my photo example under `Large Images' above (lastly, after all the unrelated other photos). The photo was taken thru a Digital Samsung NX-10 w/Rokkor 20mm/2.8, 8 sec.
Tiffen as been in the optic biz nearly forever and this filter carries the same heritage. It is costly because good IR filters are very costly to manufacture. In addition, the treaded-ring is not cheep and will run smooth without locking-up and the glass is of professional photo-optic quality. Hope this is of help to you.
F.Y.I. at present, I would not say that the Samsung NX-10 is a good camera for IR photography.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:52mm|Amazon Verified Purchase
I had been wanting to try Infrared for some time, but always kept putting it off. Finally, I bought a few books and studied for a while, then took the plunge. Let me summarize what I've learned.
1. The term Infrared photography has two meanings. One is to gather heat images. The other is to gather reflected IR light. We're talking about the second here. The first takes completely different equipment.
2. Make sure your camera can take IR. All modern digital cameras have a filter over the sensor that blocks IR light. Some of them are far more sensitive than others and the ones that are too sensitive make using a filter like this impossible. There's an easy test. Grab your TV remote and set up to take a photo of the business end of it (as if you were going to use it to control your camera) then press any of the remote buttons while taking a photo. If you have live view, you don't even need to make an image. What you're hoping for is to see the IR light from the remote. Ideally, it will look like the light beam you'd get form a very tiny LED that you might buy for a keychain to use at night. More is better (shorter exposure times). If no IR light is present, stop here or use a different camera.
3. Now, get this filter in the right size for your lens. In my case, my SLR blocked all IR, but my Canon G12 was fine. I bought the filter adapter for the G12 (which I also use for other filters, such as a polarizer) and I bought this filter.
4. It will be hard to compose and frame your images. Use a medium or high F/stop and set your camera to bracket exposures if it has that feature. Pick something far enough away so that you can manually focus on infinity. If you really want to focus closer, get a measuring tape. Either way, manual focus is pretty much required.
5. When you take shots, they'll appear in shades of red when you first look at them. If your camera has a setting that lets you see images on its LCD in monochrome, you can use that. Either way, you'll have to convert to Black and White in some editing program.
6. I use Photoshop and Nik Software Silver Efex Pro to do my IR editing. You can start with Google's Picassa for free if you're just getting started with photo editing.
7. One of the major benefits of IR photography is that the best IR times are mid-day, which is usually the worst time for color images. The opposite is true, too. Great morning or afternoon light won't usually give great IR photos, tho there are notable exceptions.
All in all, I'm very happy with IR in general, and with this filter in particular. As with all filters, it makes no sense to put a cheap, distortion-prone filter on an expensive distortion free lens. Tiffen makes quality filters. You can pay more for other brands, but there's no need to do so.
1. The term Infrared photography has two meanings. One is to gather heat images. The other is to gather reflected IR light. We're talking about the second here. The first takes completely different equipment.
2. Make sure your camera can take IR. All modern digital cameras have a filter over the sensor that blocks IR light. Some of them are far more sensitive than others and the ones that are too sensitive make using a filter like this impossible. There's an easy test. Grab your TV remote and set up to take a photo of the business end of it (as if you were going to use it to control your camera) then press any of the remote buttons while taking a photo. If you have live view, you don't even need to make an image. What you're hoping for is to see the IR light from the remote. Ideally, it will look like the light beam you'd get form a very tiny LED that you might buy for a keychain to use at night. More is better (shorter exposure times). If no IR light is present, stop here or use a different camera.
3. Now, get this filter in the right size for your lens. In my case, my SLR blocked all IR, but my Canon G12 was fine. I bought the filter adapter for the G12 (which I also use for other filters, such as a polarizer) and I bought this filter.
4. It will be hard to compose and frame your images. Use a medium or high F/stop and set your camera to bracket exposures if it has that feature. Pick something far enough away so that you can manually focus on infinity. If you really want to focus closer, get a measuring tape. Either way, manual focus is pretty much required.
5. When you take shots, they'll appear in shades of red when you first look at them. If your camera has a setting that lets you see images on its LCD in monochrome, you can use that. Either way, you'll have to convert to Black and White in some editing program.
6. I use Photoshop and Nik Software Silver Efex Pro to do my IR editing. You can start with Google's Picassa for free if you're just getting started with photo editing.
7. One of the major benefits of IR photography is that the best IR times are mid-day, which is usually the worst time for color images. The opposite is true, too. Great morning or afternoon light won't usually give great IR photos, tho there are notable exceptions.
All in all, I'm very happy with IR in general, and with this filter in particular. As with all filters, it makes no sense to put a cheap, distortion-prone filter on an expensive distortion free lens. Tiffen makes quality filters. You can pay more for other brands, but there's no need to do so.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:72mm|Amazon Verified Purchase
This infrared filter works perfectly with a Nikon D7000. I was very worried about spending this much on a filter not knowing if the outcome would be desireable. There is some debate as to whether or not DSLR cameras can process infrared (IR) light due to IR blockers employed on the camera's sensor. Newer cameras, such as the Nikon D7000, are supposed to be increasingly less sensitive to IR than older ones. Some people say that the only way you can take IR photos with a DSLR is to have the camera physically modified (at some cost and risk), while others maintain that all you need is a suitable IR filter. I can verify that using a filter to remove visible light and pass only near-IR wavelenghts to the digital sensor works, as least with my Nikon. The effect is exactly what you would expect, some objects are dark while others appear to glow intensely. Long exposures are required, so there is a softness to the clouds in the sky and leaves on trees from movement. I've always wanted to take IR photos so this filter was well worth the investment, especially since I would never seriously consider gutting a very expensive and brand new camera.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Tiffen infra Red filter is everything I expected, I have used this filter on quiet a few times, The remarks from people after seen the photo's where just great.
Published 6 months ago by K. Brink
Works great!
Seems like a good filter to me! Almost zero visible light transmission. If you hold it up to a very bright source you can see a slight tinge of red but that's it. Read more
Published 19 months ago by LG
Tiffen Infra Red 87 Filter
I use this for color and black and white infra red photography with my Canon digital camera. Keep in mind that with this filter on the camera you won't see anything in the... Read more
Published on January 26, 2009 by C. Hunt
Excellent for spooky mood images
Looking through the viewfinder - you see nothing, since all visible light is blocked.
Looking at the final pictures - the blue sky is black, leaves and clouds are white... Read more
Looking at the final pictures - the blue sky is black, leaves and clouds are white... Read more
Published on June 8, 2008 by Rolf Bertram
Tiffen 87 IR Filter
Although there is a note saying this filter is for use with black-and-white IR film only, this is an excellent IR filter for use with some digital cameras, such as the Olympus... Read more
Published on October 12, 2001 by John S. Perilloux
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