Best Reef Photo Filter for Cell Phones

[mcarroll]

Whoo...those Keldan filters seem to cost $xxx.xx.

[mcarroll]

For the low-low price of $550 you can have THIS which targets 420nm:

https://www.asahi-spectra.com/opticalfilters/detail.asp?key=ZBPA420

😳

[Staticmoves]

I’ll just drop this here……….🤫

[seabass]

So I bought a few more items to play around with:

• Tiffen 8 yellow (amazon, $20).
• Tiffen 85B orange (open box eBay, $15).
• Tiffen Circular Polarized Lens, Tiffen 81A warming filter, Tiffen FLD (kit from a camera store closing, eBay, $30).  I really got this lens kit for the CPL.

It'll be interesting to check the brown RISE(UK) filter against the Tiffen filters.

[mcarroll]

7 hours ago, seabass said:

So I bought a few more items to play around with:

• Tiffen 8 yellow (amazon, $20).
• Tiffen 85B orange (open box eBay, $15).
• Tiffen Circular Polarized Lens, Tiffen 81A warming filter, Tiffen FLD (kit from a camera store closing, eBay, $30).  I really got this lens kit for the CPL.

It'll be interesting to check the brown RISE(UK) filter against the Tiffen filters.

I'm interested to hear your results from all these!

[geekreef_05]

14 hours ago, Staticmoves said:

I’ll just drop this here……….🤫

Sweet! Now thats the solution I was looking for! Thanks dude! 

On 2/3/2024 at 12:47 AM, seabass said:

This topic has got me thinking about trying out some color filters.  Here's the kit that I'm looking at:

https://www.amazon.com/Orphek-Aquarium-LED-lighting-Extra/dp/B09J1GS88S/

THis is actually what Im using at the moment. The yellow lens is actually used on my webcam. 

[Reefkid88]

Look on YT and search Brown Filter by Bubbaque,thank me later. I wish people would stop using yellow and orange filters. 

 

https://youtu.be/Bb0jio-Pfck?si=Iw2uwKbdQocAvXG6

[natalia_la_loca]

this is what i use, it’s a sample pack of dozens of different gel filters. it’s nice because there are a lot of options for different lighting situations. I just cut out a little piece with scissors and hold it against my phone camera lens. Not too bad for an old iphone i think ☺️

 

 

 

 

[sammy33]

Great thread going here. 😎👍 
I just started using this filter kit with my iPhone 13 Pro Max:

 

It is 52mm so it covers all three lenses on the back of my phone. It comes with 5 filters and a clip on adapter.

 

Here is a quick comparison using the 20K yellow filter. These pics are as shot with no color alterations. The 20K filter really tones down the blue and gets much closer to the true coloration I see with my eyes. Even the diatoms on the sand look nice and brown! lol!

 

I will do another set using all the filters if anyone is interested. 📸

 

Edit: My light is a Hygger 30w Nano LED set on ~14K equivalent. Decent little boss light for $40 USD! 

Edited February 11 by sammy33
lighting info

[seabass]

12 minutes ago, sammy33 said:

I will do another set using all the filters if anyone is interested. 📸

Thanks!  Yes, I'd like to see that.  And for reference, what light are you using?  And if you know, or could guess, about what spectrum do you think it's set for?

 

BTW, nice tank, nice pics, and nice comparison.  It kind of makes me want to try the Orphek filters.

[sammy33]

Using the Orphek filter kit again but using PNG format instead of GIF for the wider color space. Shot on iPhone 13 Pro with stock camera app. Lighting is Hygger 30w Nano LED set to ~14K equivalent. I cleaned the glass up on the tank a bit too. I think I like the 15K orange filter better this round. Sand looks more natural. Which one do you folks like best?

 

No Filter

 

15K Orange 

 

20K Yellow

 

15K Orange + 20K Yellow

 

Noticed my cowrie cruising around in these shots just above the favia. 🐌

[mcarroll]

They all seem to leave a tint, but still all are better than nothing in shot #1.

[colormegone]

Yellow looks the best with my eyes