Posted by Rod Kissinger on March 18, 2014 at 7:59 AM
Purchasing a ND filter(s) I want to be able to go to 9 stops. Either by stacking or going with a variable ND filter.
I've been reading and seems B+W or Hoya are the leaders.
What are you using and how do you like them?
Thanks
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on March 18, 2014 at 12:17 PM
Hey Rod, I use Singh-Ray's Vari-ND filter at times and it goes to 10 stops. The only thing I would recommend is that if you go with a screw on style like this, spend the extra money and get the thin profile version if you are going to be using it on a wide angle lens. If you go with their standard thickness Vari-ND you will have vignetting when using wide angle lenses.
Posted by Darren Huski on March 18, 2014 at 2:10 PM
I use the b+w six stop and ten stop nd filters. It is not the variable control but I find they meet my needs as I can use a polarizer for two stops, the six stop, the six and the polarizer for eight steps, the ten stop, or add one to the ten stop to get to 12 or 16. The B+W filters are (or were) $99/each which is a good bit cheaper than a variable and they are pretty thin mounts.
The six actually gets more use than the the stop. You cannot see through it and it is only useful in full daylight. The six is more useful for me around dawn and dusk as it will take a short exposure to the 30 seconds to add motion. Use a ten stop at dawn and you will be at 8 minutes plus quite often.
But in daytime the ten is a must if you want long. Like I said, I sometimes add the six and ten to go to 16 stops which takes 1/125 to 8 minutes (if I counted right ).
Posted by Rod Kissinger on March 21, 2014 at 3:58 PM
Thanks for the advice guys!
Posted by Arlon Motsch on April 24, 2014 at 8:33 AM
I have several, a hoya 9 stop, BW 10 stop and a variable. The variable is NOT singh ray and is pretty much an expensive piece of junk. I use the B&W 10 stop 99% of the time and on rare ocassion I've used the 9 and 10 stop filters stacked. I also got them in 77mm which fits my larger lenses and I just use step down rings to adapt them to smaller lenses.
The ND isn't something I use very often but when I do, nothing could take it's place.
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5 repliesI've been reading and seems B+W or Hoya are the leaders.
What are you using and how do you like them?
Thanks
The six actually gets more use than the the stop. You cannot see through it and it is only useful in full daylight. The six is more useful for me around dawn and dusk as it will take a short exposure to the 30 seconds to add motion. Use a ten stop at dawn and you will be at 8 minutes plus quite often.
But in daytime the ten is a must if you want long. Like I said, I sometimes add the six and ten to go to 16 stops which takes 1/125 to 8 minutes (if I counted right ).
Good luck.
Link to the site:
http://www.singh-ray.com/varind.html
The ND isn't something I use very often but when I do, nothing could take it's place.