Tiffen

Tiffen is known as a producer of filters.

The Tiffen Company was founded in 1938 by Nat Tiffen (d. 2006), with brothers, Leo and Sol. It has acquired other companies and is the distributor of photographic filters, digital camera accessories, Steadicam, Kalimar, Davis & Sanford tripods, Domke bags, Saunders Easels, Saunders/LPL Enlargers, Silver Pixel Press and KODAK Books, Stroboframe flash brackets, Kodak Wratten and Kodak Polymar filter products and other Kodak branded accessories, Peak Loupes, and a number of other accessory lines.

Awards

• 1984, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Technical Achievement Award for filter lamination process
• 1999, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Scientific and Engineering award
• 1998, Prime Time Emmy for Engineering Excellence

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Nat Tiffen accepting an Oscar (Photo AMPAS)

The Seadicam technology has been awarded an Oscar, an Emmy, the Deluxe Outstanding Technical Achievement Award of the BANFF Television Festival, the Star 2005 TV Technology award, the 2006 Cherry Pickers Award, the 2006 CES Innovations Award and many more.