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Make your own
Soft focus camera filter

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Here's a neat trick
To have some fun and save some money!
Turn that old UV camera filter or inexpensive UV into a Soft Focus/Mist type of filter.
All you need is a can of flat black spray paint and the UV/Clear filter.

Spray a very fine - and we mean very, very little - black dusting on the back side of the filter, the side with the threads that screw into the lens. You might want to try spraying on a blank piece of paper first. 

Like magic, you will have a very interesting soft filter which sells for over $50 in the 77mm size from one of the major filter manufacturers.

Don't worry if you sprayed on too much paint - just clean it off and start again.
Want a warm softener?  Use an old 81B filter or a Tiffen 812 filter.
Want a clear softener?  Try using clear spray, just use very little.
If you don't have an old camera filter around, check with your local camera shop.
They may have some used UV's for sale. If you can't find one,
the inexpensive new UV's listed below will work fine. 

Solid glass camera filters, made in Japan,
excellent choice for creating your own soft focus filters as noted above.
28mm UV camera filter
$7.12  ORDER
30mm UV camera filter
$7.12  ORDER
43mm UVcamera filter
$7.12  ORDER
46mm UVcamera filter
$7.12  ORDER
49mm UV camera filter
$7.12  ORDER
52mm UV camera filter
$7.12  ORDER
55mm UV camera filter
$7.12  ORDER
58mm UV camera filter
$8.66  ORDER
62mm UV camera filter
$11.44  ORDER
67mm UV camera filter
$11.44  ORDER
72mm UV camera filter
$18.13  ORDER
77mm UV camera filter
$18.13  ORDER
82mm UV camera filter
$23.68  ORDER

1-800-882-2832 to place an order hours  
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