Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: bellimages on December 01, 2009, 10:26:21 pm
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I'm in the market for a couple of neutral density filters. I spend large sums of money on the best gear that I can get my hands on. But is it worth spending over $200 for a ND filter? I see at B&H that the Schneider brand retails for well over that price. While the same size Tiffin ND filter is between $15 and $60.
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I'm in the market for a couple of neutral density filters. I spend large sums of money on the best gear that I can get my hands on. But is it worth spending over $200 for a ND filter? I see at B&H that the Schneider brand retails for well over that price. While the same size Tiffin ND filter is between $15 and $60.
Higher quality ND filters (I would also include Lee and Singh-Ray among others) are definitely worth the premium. Tiffin ND filters can have color casts and are not truly neutral.
One caveat (which I have not experienced personally): evidently certain frequencies of light filtered through NDs will interact with digital sensors to create a reddish effect on parts of the image at long exposures. I've used my Singh-Ray Vari-ND down to 30 seconds without seeing this effect.
Paul