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B+W FILTERS

Black and White Filters

Black and White Filters

B+W Black & White filters, as the name suggests, are mainly used in black and white photography. 

Yellow filters, for example, can help to add more brilliance to landscape photos and to differentiate the greens in plants and foliage. Yellow and orange filters can conjure clouds out of mere cloudlets, while red filters can increase them to dramatic storm strength or create moonlight effects in daylight.

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Key applications

  • Optimizing the gray tones for expressive pictures

  • Available as yellow, orange, and red filters

  • Suitable for analog and digital cameras

  • Made in Germany

Tip

The contrast can be increased in a digital camera by taking the picture directly in the black and white mode. 

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Examples

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Without filter Black and White

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With B+W Red 091 filter

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With B+W Red 090 filter

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B+W Yellow 022 filter

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With B+W Yellow Orange 040 filter

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Colour no filter

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Transmission Curves

Sizes and Availability

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BASIC Yellow 495 (022)

The B+W 022 yellow filter 495 is regarded as the basic filter for every black and white photographer. A cloudy sky looks very natural, but is not yet dramatic. Long-distance views with a light haze become clearer – an ideal filter, especially for landscapes and photos of plants.

Coating: MRC
Diameter: 37, 39, 40.5, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 60, 62, 67, 72, 77, 82, 86, 95, 105

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BASIC Orange 550 (040)

The B+W 040 Orange Filter 550 already has a very pronounced effect and darkens violet and blue very strongly, green quite strongly, and even yellowish green a little.

Landscape and architectural photos show an increased, almost "graphic" contrast, while a cloudy sky may already appear dramatic.

Coating: MRC
Diameter: 37, 39, 40.5, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 60, 62, 67, 72, 77, 82, 86, 95, 105

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BASIC Red Light 590 (090)

The traditional B+W 090 light red filter used for architecture. White façades are lightened, blue skies are dramatically darkened, and clouds pop. Also used for spectacular landscape photos with greatly improved views into the distance and for posterization (tonal separation) in photos of objects (blue and green very dark, red light).

Coating: MRC
Diameter: 37, 39, 40.5, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 60, 62, 67, 72, 77, 82, 86, 95, 105

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BASIC Red Dark 630 (091)

Compared with the lighter B+W 090 red filter 590 described earlier, the B+W 091 red filter 630 delivers a further intensification because it even darkens the yellow close to red in the spectrum, and its transparency does not come into play until the orange-red zone. It produces dramatic effects and extreme posterization for a graphic effect.

Coating: MRC
Diameter: 37, 39, 40.5, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 60, 62, 67, 72, 77, 82, 86, 95, 105

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