Now you can use the most common strengths 1/8 and 1/2 of our award-winning original Tiffen Black Promist in a handy kit, supplied with a filter pouch.
Capture a range of cinematic looks with the Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter Kit, featuring both 1/8 and 1/2 diffusion strengths in one convenient package. The Black Pro-Mist 1/8 delivers subtle highlight bloom and gentle contrast reduction while preserving image detail, making it ideal for everyday portraits, interviews, and natural-looking video. When you want a more dramatic effect, the Black Pro-Mist 1/2 creates a stronger glow around highlights, softer skin tones, and the timeless character associated with classic film photography. Whether you're shooting weddings, content creation, narrative filmmaking, or portraits, this versatile kit helps reduce the harsh, overly sharp appearance common in digital imaging and adds a smoother, more organic look straight out of the camera. Crafted using Tiffen's renowned ColorCore technology and proudly made in New York, these filters provide the creative flexibility and trusted optical quality photographers and filmmakers rely on to bring their visual stories to life.
It is easy to see why the Black ProMist has been such a success for over the past 30 or so years. Its unique layering of contrast combined with a gauzy paint-like halation, function as a twist on the stand of the pro halation spill effect. Even at its lowest density, it delivers an effective and increase in the halation which adds a pleasing depth of warmth, but is not transported to the skin tone values. The subtle but effective look still continues to make the pro mist filter a staple filter for many cinematographers in the digital world
Generally, wider lenses need a slightly weaker filter grade because the effect spreads out and more detail is expected; whilst longer/tighter lenses may need a stronger grade as magnification makes the effect more obvious, plus tighter shots tend to have less depth of field, so what's in focus naturally looks sharper being framed against a softer background, so can handle more diffusion. This is obviously a personal visual aesthetic, but now you have the most common grades to play with, all in a handy kit!
Highlights:
- Highlight flares are controlled
- Contrast is lowered, but with less lightening of shadows for a more delicate effect
- Creates a soft light "pastel" effect
- Delicate effect with contained highlight flare
Features:
-
Two Diffusion Strengths in One Kit – Includes Black Pro-Mist 1/8 and 1/2 filters, giving you the flexibility to choose subtle highlight bloom and contrast reduction or a stronger cinematic glow based on your creative vision.
-
Tailor the Pro-Mist Effect – The 1/8 filter delivers gentle softness with minimal impact on detail, while the 1/2 filter creates more pronounced halation, reduced contrast, and a classic film-inspired look.
-
Great for Photo & Video – Ideal for portraits, weddings, interviews, filmmaking, and content creation, helping reduce harsh digital sharpness while creating a softer, more organic image.
-
Tiffen Quality, Made in New York – Crafted using Tiffen's ColorCore technology for dependable optical performance and the consistent image quality trusted by photographers and filmmakers.
-
Creative Flexibility for Any Scene – Switch between subtle diffusion and stronger atmospheric effects to match changing lighting conditions, shooting styles, and storytelling needs.
Suggested Uses:
Each step roughly doubles the effect. Most portrait and narrative work lives between 1/8-1/2; heavier densities push into dreamlike territory.
- 1/8 Density: Takes the digital edge off. Skin retouch, documentary, 4k narrative.
- 1/4 Density: The cinematographer's default. Drama, scripted, music video.
- 1/2 Density: Visible bloom on highlights. Period and low-light work.
- 1 Density: Pronounced halation. Soft-focus portraiture, fashion.
- 2 Density: Ethereal, hazy, memory-like. Music videos, experimental
Size:
82mm
Materials:
Aluminum, Optical Glass
Manufacturer SKU:
82BPMSTKIT
In The Box:
Tiffen 82mm Black Pro-Mist 1/8 Cinematic Diffusion Filter
Tiffen 82mm Black Pro-Mist 1/2 Cinematic Diffusion Filter
Tiffen Filter Pouch
Limited 10-Year Manufacturer Warranty
