Tiffen T1 IR is available

Max Allen · October 25th, 2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Spahr

I received my filter today and did a quick test.
I did a white balance on the scene and took a frame, then attached the filter and took a frame, finally I did a white balance with the filter attached for the final frame. I used tungsten lights and locked the iris based on the bare setup. There is a black fabric background about 12" behind the hat and sweater.

The blacks look very close to the way they look to the eye. It may not be a perfect solution but for the price I'm quite happy with it.

Thanks for the pictures. It'd be nice to see some frames of fleshtones if anybody feels the urge to post them. I'm seeing more green than I'd like in the midtones (the grey chips) after white balance.

Cheers

Dean Harrington · October 26th, 2009, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy Shipsides

Andy from AbelCineTech here. If you are trying to get the filter from us and live overseas then drop me a line. There has been a great deal of fraud in the past and we had to raise additional security. I hate to hear that people are frustrated with our service, and I hope you can understand our stance.

BTW I've heard that the EX1R and PMW350 do not have issues with far red. I'll be testing the T1 filter and comparing as soon as I can.

I've sent off 3 emails in the last 3 days on the matter of buying through Abel Cine tech and have not received a response from you to any of these emails. I know you are out of stock (that's the impression I get) as a result of demand. Let me know if Abel Cine is going to afford us out of country buyers an opportunity of doing business with you.
all the best

Lance Librandi · October 26th, 2009, 09:58 PM

Hello All,
Just received my Tiffen T1 IR Filter and I have tested it and bugger me it actually works good bye to the IR contamination. I could not use my EX3 in the past for stage production work under QI lighting now it’s great.
I got my filter from “Greg Smith’s Photo and Video Accessories” TiffenFilters.com.au in Australia.

Dean Harrington · October 26th, 2009, 10:16 PM

Hope other companies get stock in soon. I have the same problem with IR when shooting jazz performances.

Peter Moretti · October 28th, 2009, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob Grant

Using Vegas with a mask I isolated just the red swatch on the clapper from the screenshots posted above. The RGB parades attached give an extremely crude idea of what this filter is doing. The red swatch is no doubt not an extremely deep red, if it was then at a guess I'd say the amount of red sensitivity being lost would be more dramatic.

The results are also probably skewed by the gloss finish on the red swatch reflecting white light.

Bob,

Thanks for posting the pictures. Looking at the RGB parade, we can see how the filter has a bias for passing green light, less for blue and much less (relatively speaking) for red. Besides skewing the color balance a little, it also loses about a half a stop or more overall.

That said, it cerainly makes the synthetic black look much better.

Mark Savage · October 28th, 2009, 08:16 AM

Just got my filter from Abel Cine in New York. Burbank didn't have one.

Did some tests. Quite effective. Happy with it.

Andy Shipsides · October 31st, 2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean Harrington

I've sent off 3 emails in the last 3 days on the matter of buying through Abel Cine tech and have not received a response from you to any of these emails. I know you are out of stock (that's the impression I get) as a result of demand. Let me know if Abel Cine is going to afford us out of country buyers an opportunity of doing business with you.
all the best

Hey Dean

I've assigned a sales person to respond to all of these requests. I'm sorry that she has not reached out to you. I'll look in to what happened.

Andy

Dean Harrington · October 31st, 2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy Shipsides

Hey Dean

I've assigned a sales person to respond to all of these requests. I'm sorry that she has not reached out to you. I'll look in to what happened.

Andy

Got in touch ... thanks

Piotr Wozniacki · October 31st, 2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy Shipsides

I've assigned a sales person to respond to all of these requests.

Andy

Andy,
Thanks for the e-mail :)

Piotr

Andrew Stone · November 1st, 2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy Shipsides

Hey Dean

I've assigned a sales person to respond to all of these requests. I'm sorry that she has not reached out to you. I'll look in to what happened.

Andy

Andy,

Living in Canada, I phoned and left a message on your voicemail mid-this past week about ordering a TIFFEN T1 IR and have not received a response. Have you assigned this to a sales rep as well or should I phone again?

-Andrew Stone

David Chia · November 1st, 2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lance Librandi

Hello All,
Just received my Tiffen T1 IR Filter and I have tested it and bugger me it actually works good bye to the IR contamination. I could not use my EX3 in the past for stage production work under QI lighting now it’s great.
I got my filter from “Greg Smith’s Photo and Video Accessories” TiffenFilters.com.au in Australia.

for how much?

Bob Jackson · November 1st, 2009, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew Stone

Andy,

Living in Canada, I phoned and left a message on your voicemail mid-this past week about ordering a TIFFEN T1 IR and have not received a response. Have you assigned this to a sales rep as well or should I phone again?

-Andrew Stone

I wonder if there is anywhere in Canada to get these?

Eva Sturm · November 1st, 2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy Shipsides

Hey Dean

I've assigned a sales person to respond to all of these requests. I'm sorry that she has not reached out to you. I'll look in to what happened.

Andy

So I do really hope, that I get a reply to my request. Thank you,

Eva

Lance Librandi · November 1st, 2009, 06:07 PM

Hello David,
The cost in Australia was $310 INC GST which is not bad but I would prefer Sony pay the bill. This was a special order and not an off the shelf item and that stage they still had not gone into manufacture in Germany. Now that they have gone into production the lead time should not be that bad. Please remember that Australia is so far away from the rest of the world that everything takes longer and Australian companies usually only keep fast moving items.

Andrew Stone · November 1st, 2009, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Jackson

I wonder if there is anywhere in Canada to get these?

Yeah there are two places at least in Vancouver that rep TIFFEN filters but neither of them carry Sony products (any longer). I know that Abel Cine Tech in NYC is very close to the TIFFEN factory so they can get grosses of filters at the drop of a hat. Figure I would give them my business as they had/have stock and it's always good to try out different suppliers so you don't become beholden to the particular gouging prowess of some outlets.

Also Andy Shipsides has been dispensing a lot of good info so I thought funneling some business their way is a good thing.

I may very well go local if I don't get a response in a couple of business days.

Glad to see Vancouver Island has become a Republic. About time!

October 26th, 2009, 10:16 PM	#34
Dean Harrington Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 898	Lucky ... Hope other companies get stock in soon. I have the same problem with IR when shooting jazz performances.

October 26th, 2009, 09:58 PM	#33
Lance Librandi Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: South Australia Posts: 374	Hello All, Just received my Tiffen T1 IR Filter and I have tested it and bugger me it actually works good bye to the IR contamination. I could not use my EX3 in the past for stage production work under QI lighting now it’s great. I got my filter from “Greg Smith’s Photo and Video Accessories” TiffenFilters.com.au in Australia.

October 28th, 2009, 08:16 AM	#36
Mark Savage Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA USA Posts: 49	Just got my filter from Abel Cine in New York. Burbank didn't have one. Did some tests. Quite effective. Happy with it.

November 1st, 2009, 06:07 PM	#44
Lance Librandi Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: South Australia Posts: 374	Hello David, The cost in Australia was $310 INC GST which is not bad but I would prefer Sony pay the bill. This was a special order and not an off the shelf item and that stage they still had not gone into manufacture in Germany. Now that they have gone into production the lead time should not be that bad. Please remember that Australia is so far away from the rest of the world that everything takes longer and Australian companies usually only keep fast moving items.