12-1095-0039-55 | Rodenstock Skylight 1A-MC Filter - 55mm

These filters have a pale pink tint and act like a UV absorbing filter to cut out ultraviolet radiation. In addition, they eliminate the false colors in shadow due to indirect light from the blue sky and the green landscape. This blue green color distortion is particularly unpleasant on skin. A skylight filter should only be used if the entire motif is in the shade. For the areas lit by direct sunlight will also be subject to the pink filter even though they do not have any blue-green color distortion – they then turn pink. For this reason, a skylight filter should never be used for front-lens protection (use an almost neutral UV blocking filter instead).

 

Although a skylight filter can substantially enhance the color quality on slide film, it does not provide any advantages for color negative film or digital or video cameras. This is because its effect is very subdued and easily replaced without any visible difference by filtering during printing or by an electronic white balance if the UV radiation is not too high (and then a UV filter would be better).