Articles Table of Contents   Page 1: Filters for Protection, Polarization, Infrared and Ultraviolet Page 2: Tips for Buying Filters Page 3: Do Filters Degrade Image Quality? Page 4: Color balance of UV filters. Page 5: Neutral Density Filters Page 6: Filter—B+W UV 010 UV (clear) Page 7: Filter—B+W 103 0.9 ND, 3-stop neutral density Page 8: Filter—Hoya HMC Super UV 0 (clear) Page 9: Filter—B+W 091 Deep Red Page 10: Filter—B+W 092 Infrared Pass Page 11: Filter—B+W 093 Infrared Pass Page 12: Filter—Hoya R72 Infrared Pass Page 13: Filter—B+W 486 UV-IR Cut Page 14: Filter—B+W 486 Infrared Cut Page 15: Filter—Baader Venus Ultraviolet Cut Page 16: Filter—Kenko DR655 Infrared Cut Page 17: Filter—B+W 403 Ultraviolet Pass Page 18: Filter—Baader Venus Ultraviolet Pass Page 19: Filter—Baader Venus II Ultraviolet Pass Page 20: Filter—XNite BPG 750nm Infrared Bandpass Page 21: Filter—XNite BPG 830nm Infrared Bandpass Page 22: Filter—XNite BPG 950nm Infrared Bandpass

Filters: B+W 091 dark red

Graphs are in nanometers. Visible light is approximately 390 - 650 nm (the human eye can see very weakly into the 700-800nm range). Graphs used by permission of Coastal Optical System.

Buying filters

A great source for filters at competitive prices is B&H Photo. Get filters at B&H Photo.

Spectral transmission — B+W 091 dark red

The B+W 091 filter has a real benefit with some EOS cameras converted for infrared use; see the diglloyd Guide to Digital Infrared for details and examples. Get the B+W 091 infrared filter at B&H Photo.