A filter used for an exposure apparatus that exposes a plate using a light from a light source includes a light transmitting film configured to transmit the light from the light source, a first rod member that includes plural first rod members, and thermally contacts the light transmitting film, the plural second rod members being rod members and including a second rod member; and a second member that includes plural second rod members, and thermally contacts the light transmitting film and/or the first member, the plural second rod members being other rod members including a second rod member, wherein a heating value transmittable by the first rod member per unit time in a longitudinal direction of the first rod member is smaller than a heating value transmittable by the second rod member per unit time in a longitudinal direction of the second rod member.