Tiffen Chocolate 1

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Jason reviews the Tiffen chocolate 1 filter, and wants you to know that he could have made way more defecation jokes. Your welcome.
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[@grainydaysss]

I got a lot of questions about the chocolate 2 & 3, so I posted a follow-up to this video with sample images over on Tiktok, yes........tiktok. @dumbgrainydays

[@Shrek_Has_Covid19]

can you eat the filter and does it taste good

[@JoeyShip]

Fuck TikTok..post that video on KZbins.

[@loulou704]

I know this is an old video but hoping you might have some insight of the approximate kelvin of this filter? I'm looking at some promising amber options from Cokin of whom unlike Tiffen actually quote the Kelvin their filters are cutting down too (from 5500K). I take it from the images that the chocolate 1 isn't as strong as say a 85b filter but if anyone has a good guesstimate that would be great!

[@suprantahazarika2105]

What lens and filter did you use to shoot the video?

[@nelsonclub7722]

As a cinematographer - now just plain old photographer I can assure you that the best use of the Tiffen Chocolate filter is with a Tiffen Mist/soft - that gives you the lovely romantic nostalgic feel you are after - I must have shot a dozen TV commercials this way

[@giordanobruno7943]

you mean tiffen black pro mist ?

[@nelsonclub7722]

@@giordanobruno7943 Yes

[@TedNemeth]

- hey Nelson - have you tried that setup on video? I shoot only video. (I’m only on this channel for the bad humor).

[@nelsonclub7722]

@@TedNemeth No I haven't although it would work wonders in the studio and on location. I did once got offered a TV with a broken volume control - I couldn't turn it down - have a good one

[@flugga182]

@@nelsonclub7722 hi do you put the pro mist filter in front of the chocolate filter or the other way around?

[@benjhaisch]

almost seems like a 2x strength version of this filter would be what many of us are after.

[@aceflibble]

That's exactly what the Chocolate 2 is. There's also the Tobacco filter, which is a similar colour (very fractionally more amber) but at strength 1 is about as strong as Chocolate 2 is.

[@MattiusGlutius]

Chocolate 1- White chocolate filter Chocolate 2- Milk chocolate filter Chocolate 3- Dark chocolate filter Missed opportunity Tiffen

[@CarlBergsdorf]

Maybe 50, 75 and 90% cocoa?

[@DanielJamesBird]

I love how those Cinestill photos turned out. Looks like a great combo for sure. I definitely edit my photos (and videos to an extent) to be on the warmer side, so was interesting to see how to achieve this in camera. Would love to see how far the Chocolate 3 goes. Thanks for the video Jason!

[@TheGryskiewicz]

I can’t express how much joy your videos being me. Keep it up.

[@ThomasPrettyman01]

The chocolate + tungsten combo is a combo as legendary as whiskey and ice.

[@RedSapTree423]

The close up of the grass with the light shooting through it @08:41 is my favorite picture I've ever seen on your channel. Thank you.

[@Memento_HiFi]

Yeah I agree the Cinestill 800T with the chocolate filter really looks like some of the Fuji stocks, particularly Pro 400h and Superia but without the ugly shadows you can get from those films

[@colbybarrios4014]

The first photographs are the location of Detective Marlowe's apartment from the the film The Long Goodbye by Robert Altman.

[@CadenAdam]

The Ektar has less saturation in the yellow-red to full red-tones but really boosted in the blue-green, and normal in straight yellow. People overcompensate when editing and developing ektar to push the reds thats why its usually not considered a great portrait stock as it makes white/fair skinned people quite red. Makes them look like they're sun burnt. But if developed correctly, as in the shots here. The chocolate filter doesn't add much to reduce the blue because of the saturation is higher than what the chocolate filter can remove from it. The example of the blue shadows in the Portra stock shows how much this is removed. So add that minimal difference to a stock that has a lot more saturation and not much would change.

[@brycepinson8641]

It's unreal how many people don't understand this about Ektar. Probably because they don't read/understand the data sheet and have never done a proper manual color inversion of Ektar to see its normal color rendition.... Thats also why the ektar shots leaned towards blue when he pushed it to 400- because ektar builds blue density first and red density last... anyway I'm just here to agree with your comment because many do not understand ektar.

[@danielabrahamsson5769]

Im sorry are you talking about Ektachrome or just generally about Ektar? Great info anyways!

[@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel]

Like the effect of the new Tiffen "your pocket is empty now" 1 Filter. It has no effect on my pictures but I can move more easily because my wallet is now much lighter. 👌

[@gewglesux]

Ever try Lee Filters?

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

@@gewglesux ever try using lightroom instead of color filters? CPL is irreplaceable, but these color filters? Yeah, much cheaper to do in post

[@gewglesux]

@@dimitrijekrstic7567 I like using filters. I have used LR in the past. Get pretty good results with LR

[@aceflibble]

@@dimitrijekrstic7567 Lightroom can't do what a physical colour filter does; Lightroom can shift colours one side or another, but it can't merge colours and it can't increase contrast only in specific colour/saturation groups, which is what actually happens when you use a physical filter to block particular wavelengths out. You can replicate it with Photoshop or other more advanced processors, but it's a multi-step process and you're having to do that for each image one-by-one. Not to mention it defeats the purposes for many people who shoot film and specifically do not want to be sat in software all day. It is far, far quicker and easier to simply use a physical filter, and you get a more consistent and nuanced result. And I say that as someone who's been using Photoshop for 25 years and Lightroom since literally the first day it was released.

[@brian-esss]

ready for the flood of cinestill/chocolate photos in analog reddit in 3...2...1...

[@DogsandFilm]

Baxter's appearances: - 8:30 See ya later Cheers

[@nospoilers8759]

God bless you

[@maitelometo8456]

Nice work. Save me a lot of time

[@DogsandFilm]

@@nospoilers8759 I don't believe in any God, I preffer dogs.

[@DogsandFilm]

@Tu mamá ok

[@DogsandFilm]

@@maitelometo8456 a pleasure amigo

[@terrygoyan]

Love the filter with the tungsten film. In the 70's that filter would have been superfluous. All of L.A. was that color!

[@matthewmaccarthy8542]

Great video. I'm amazed this appears to be the only video about chocolate filters on youtube, they were a staple on music videos in the late 90s, I used them all time, even when I didn't want to! 😂

[@Frisenette]

Two things: - With a 58mm filter thread of the Makina (and most lenses up to 62mm), far cheaper alternative brown or warming filters are available. Including Cokins much cheaper A series, with plentiful vintage resin filters. Including a wonderful graduated brown, that makes all your photos look like Top Gun. - Provia is better than Ektachrome on most counts. And cheaper. Better reciprocity. Neutral, but still strong colours. And high sharpness.

[@aceflibble]

There are cheaper versions of all of Tiffen's filters, but few cheap filters, especially colour filters, are available in the weaker strengths like Tiffen's, which is where they're most effective.

[@Frisenette]

@@aceflibble that’s simply not true. Scour the used marked and you’ll find plenty. But of course time is money. So just buy the damn filter if that’s what you want and can’t find it. It just pays off to hoard filters preemptively.

[@Narsuitus]

Your Tiffen Chocolate video reminded me that I have a Graduated Tobacco filter that I should try. Thanks for the video.

[@dylangergutierrez]

Brown is just dark orange. A brown filter like this is basically just a slight orange filter mixed with a slight ND filter.

[@thomverhoeven7896]

Keep up the filter reviews jason! I and many others seem to like those vids in between your epic adventures as well!

[@alexmcmurtrieSits]

Barely noticeable, especially for the cost. Thanks for your channel. Love it!

[@Analog_Refined]

Love the new filter. I didn’t even know they used those.

[@davidgodfrey1815]

Wonderful deadpan delivery, great vid, keep it up.

[@chilecayenne]

Great video!! Yes please show us how the Brown #2 and #3 work!!

[@matthewvonblerk9675]

DAM that filter is pricey.

[@DezeKeerTimo]

Damn the colors in that last shot are dope!

[@saptarishipandey4012]

The cinestill looks sooooo good with chocolate!

[@jasonlamarking]

Now I encourage you to discover the Antique Suede filter.

[@yargnad]

Never had Tiffen chocolate. Lindt is my fav.

[@adampena5508]

“Aaaalm eeehhhhm, that’s how you dit one handed” best part

[@andzelek5434]

The last roll!!! Gold!

[@mwatkinsphotos]

Dune was shot using Formatt Hitech Firecrest filters. Hit me up if you want to know more on these filters

[@49sixteen]

If I'm alone in a tunnel with you, I'm not alone or you're not with me.

[@DAJANT]

this is my therapy youtube channel!!

[@doyoudevelop]

Chocolate filter 1 = sugar rush, chocolate filter 3 = full on diabetes

[@bendykst]

Hey, I recognize that building at 2:25! That's where Philip Marlowe lived in The Long Goodbye. I wanted to live there so badly after watching that movie.

[@chickenpasta7359]

It's probably hard to make a filter that mimics the color effect of Dune its almost all digitally done anyways using RAW video

[@djchips]

O crap that filter is gold, seriously loving these images.

[@anybodyshoots]

pretty interesting results .. nice vid man

[@travoughn87]

would love to see Tiffen chocolate 2 and 3 video!

[@AeromaticXD]

Those cinestill and ektachrome shots are so nice

[@robertsamuel]

that effect at the end was insane

[@thankyoumisterspell]

hmm 🤔 seems like getting together with a brand and making your own custom chocolate-inspired filter would be neat...

[@Pinflim]

A comparison between Chocolate 1 and 85B would be cool, especially when using CineStill 800T

[@jeremyrowlettmedia]

That wide open shot through the grass on E100 was dank!

[@lyfeofajet]

that last frame is crazy good

[@leejamesphoto]

This was a really romantic video, you guys are amazing together.

[@-grey]

Looks kind of like an old ND. I got one from way back on an old F3 I bought. It takes about a stop and was sun-kissed like the pages of a book left on a windowsill for years.

[@maxxmckinney3777]

That one handed roll sealing is going to get this video flagged 18+

[@CyberCreeper22]

if you guys continue like this historians will say that you and caleb were roommates

[@travelswithlemonade]

Nicely done.

[@tommynobaka]

Funnily enough, I stumbled upon my own Fuji Film Recipe that mimics this look. It brings out browns like no other, and gives it an antique dawn/dusk look Its something like -4 Blue, +2 Red, Classic Chrome, -1 Color, -1 Shadow, 0 Contrast

[@VariTimo]

Turn off Auto Color in NLP and use the RGB/CMY midtone sliders to correct your colors. They actually effect the whole image except the white highlights and black shadows. Just like a lab scanner or an enlarger. This should preserve more of the filters effect. Also you can shoot 800T in daylight fine without a filter. Just rate it at 500 ASA and correct it with the WB slider or the yellow/blue midtone slider. And 5219 is recommended to be shot with an 85 not an 85B filter. If you don't meter through the lens you need to rate it at 320 for that. Essentially that 5219 is an 800 ASA film because of C41 processing is a lie. It's still 500 ASA.

[@MichaelXX2]

Finding any real-world examples at all of filters on the internet is a really frustrating experience, especially diffusion or contrast filters. I had to just go ahead and buy my Low Cons and shoot my own tests before I had any idea what they were going to do.

[@kylevoorhees3120]

I had tunnel vision and only saw Chocolate and thought you were dabbling in Polaroid chocolate and got excited

[@GrandTreasureBay]

The real star of this video might be Caleb's Retro Star Wars jean jacket

[@JTobiason]

That looked pretty rad, espeically on 800T.

[@McSorleyCallum]

Chocolate no.3 and Kodak Colorplus. It wouldn't be the warm tones you're looking for. Just balls to the wall str8 hot summer brown.

[@MeowjinBoo]

Top gear is what got me into filters. I Remeber 15 years ago dropping big. Money into the cokin x pro filter system. Hurt my wallet but the graduated colour nd filters made magical photos.

[@nerdbot4629]

Ay, that's where they shot The Long Goodbye

[@twonapsaday]

okay ~~ but ~~ what about how it looks with lomo purple - I mean, you brought it up... 😂

[@dflf]

Ok I’m calling you Willie Wonka from now on.

[@TerriblyCinemaddict]

Wow, that was quick. Nice.

[@MattatHiddenLight]

Chocolate 1+2+3. All the chocolate. That'll get you there.

[@jackmatthews8062]

Outro was perfection

[@Francois_L_7933]

And if you want to go the cheap skate way, get a Cokin #005 Sepia filter. Brown tones guaranteed. Well, that or some 1998 expired Kodak Gold 😁

[@evertking1]

Thanks, looking for an affordable option.

[@LaskyLabs]

I'm one for cooler images typically. But that combo with tungsten balanced film was killer. I'll have to shoot that some day on some 200t or 500t.

[@mint2880]

5:11 sick cinematography moves

[@dereksnyder_4244]

blocking some blue in the shadows is a big plus to color film imo. blue shadows are a PITA to get rid of sometimes.

[@scottweaverphotovideo]

Your humor style reminds me a bit of Steven Wright. Also the young woman who creates the long form audio stories on This American Life.

[@johnsobenne]

LA haze cuts out that blue sky perfectly

[@kabaottoemulsion1869]

I wonder CSI Miami used this filter or NOt... Thanks for the video!

[@Shaka1277]

Those browns and greens on 800T almost remind me of a diet Retrochrome look.

[@ricjohns545]

What's up? 11 days of Film Jonesin'

[@A_Man_Of_Culture_]

I just want to remind everyone that BungeeGum has both the properties of Rubber and Gum

[@A_Man_Of_Culture_]

Sticky

[@technol-bismol3778]

Definitely missed an opportunity to open with you eating count chocula, but definitely a great video regardless might have to pick up a set of those filter, might have to take out a second mortgage first lmao

[@wocky1993]

I need to move to the US for film prices like that; i'm stuck here in England spending £23.50 (~$32) a roll on Ektachrome..

[@marcvanhoorn4965]

I really appreciate the honesty of your review! Keep it going :)

[@JaimeGFX]

im so glad it wasnt just me i was like i can BARELY see a difference i can see it in the greens a little it helps them from looking too NEON green. wonder how much a difference it would have made with a chocolate 3 instead of 1

[@johncfaust]

Never seen a video from you before this one but I gotta be honest, in the first 2 minutes you won me over with your commentary and wit. Subbed.

[@cordialflakes]

Not to be confused with a Chocolate Tiffin, which is confectionary similar in nature to a rocky road!

[@DougtheThug]

You sir are a good salesman

[@TheDomis4]

someone put a tiffen pro mist 1/2 on your vlogging camera. And i love it!

[@stuartbaines2843]

Warming filter and choc 👍 E100 is very blue for sure it was supposed to be Neutral🤔

[@markmcgahey2683]

2:23 OH MY FUCK THE HOUSE FROM THE LONG GOODBYE IS REAL!!! THAT THE STUFF OF DREAMS

[@Fortnite87463]

Great video, cant wait for the next one

[@thepillarsofwisdom]

I have a feeling that Schneider's Golden Sepia would largely accomplish the same effect at around $120 less, but I can't verify that personally, and I couldn't find any sort of comparison.

[@evertking1]

Did you try it? Or know of a affordable option?

[@darrenchoy]

still need to know how you make your film photos come to life with 3d movement into the image :o really nice review, thank you heh

[@rexgigout1472]

Interesting! Thanks! Using film, with colored filters, is all new, to me, but I want to learn about this, and just subscribed. (I started serious photography, in my late forties, in 2009, with digital.)

[@hufman9807]

I can't stop watching dune.

[@JacobCarlson]

WHY AREN'T ALL OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT CALEB'S GRAIL-LEVEL JACKET!?

[@rarvizu2]

Hey, I would love to see you try all kinds of filters!

[@TimHunold]

I'm a huge fan of my graduated tobacco filter

[@kevinkevinski8410]

I actually found out, that if you export the images with the nlp presets as jpgs and then edit them again in lr, you'd get much better warmth correction!!

[@NoaMeresz]

is this only as jpegs? that quite limits how much editing you can do if that’s the case

[@purple-flowers]

you should look into bulk rolling film!

[@yenchoo7274]

Damn, 2160 4K, my screen is now real life

[@nathanenserro1262]

We're going to need to see that filter with LomoChrome purple please. Don't tease me.

[@parkermillican]

Aerchome + chocolate 3 next 😩

[@theyou0345]

you should look into the Tobacco filters as well!

[@andynurwahyu3904]

People who buying this filter just got robbed