Questionsss??...ND Filters ?? Are the nd adjustable variable filter any good??.. or should you use a nd single filter for water falls ?? and what number would be the best like nd...

rheat56 Loc: Maine

Are the nd adjustable variable filter any good??.. or should you use a nd single filter for water falls ?? and what number would be the best like nd 2,4,8, ect....and what maker is the best one within reason $$$...... Thank you.. I await many replys..as this is the best place for all good views.... :thumbup: :thumbup:

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

I use an adjustable ND. It does a great job. One thing I would do though is buy one for your largest lens. Then by step down rings to fit your other lenses. This will save you a lot of money. I do this with all my filters.CP too. One size fits all.
Erv

rheat56 Loc: Maine

Erv wrote:

I use an adjustable ND. It does a great job. One thing I would do though is buy one for your largest lens. Then by step down rings to fit your other lenses. This will save you a lot of money. I do this with all my filters.CP too. One size fits all.
Erv

Thank You Erv for the info...what brand ND do you have??

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

I have Hoya and Tiffen and a few other off brands. You want to get good filters. It doesn't make sense to get good glass and put junk in front of it. And if you get one for your biggest lens and use step down rings, you can put a little more money into it. I can see the difference in my cheaper filters, but got hem back in the early 70's.
Erv

rheat56 Loc: Maine

Erv wrote:

I have Hoya and Tiffen and a few other off brands. You want to get good filters. It doesn't make sense to get good glass and put junk in front of it. And if you get one for your biggest lens and use step down rings, you can put a little more money into it. I can see the difference in my cheaper filters, but got hem back in the early 70's.
Erv

ty Erv and you say the adjustable ones work good ?

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Erv wrote:

I have Hoya and Tiffen and a few other off brands. You want to get good filters. It doesn't make sense to get good glass and put junk in front of it. And if you get one for your biggest lens and use step down rings, you can put a little more money into it. I can see the difference in my cheaper filters, but got hem back in the early 70's.
Erv

Very very good advice...I screwed this up and spent a bunch of money when I didn't have to.

Also another good brand is LightCraft; they make a variable called a "Fader" that is about 75.00 or so but worth it...good glass.

You can see what a variable ND does by searching it in youtube.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

rheat56 wrote:

Erv wrote:

I have Hoya and Tiffen and a few other off brands. You want to get good filters. It doesn't make sense to get good glass and put junk in front of it. And if you get one for your biggest lens and use step down rings, you can put a little more money into it. I can see the difference in my cheaper filters, but got hem back in the early 70's.
Erv

ty Erv and you say the adjustable ones work good ?

Yes, and it make more room in the camera bag for other toys :-D
Erv

rheat56 Loc: Maine

Thank you all for your replys I am learning good stuff....:)

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Here is a good video showing why an ND filter is valuable and it shows the LightCraft version in case you want to see how it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-q2Wfh72o8&feature=related

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

rpavich wrote:

Here is a good video showing why an ND filter is valuable and it shows the LightCraft version in case you want to see how it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-q2Wfh72o8&feature=related

That was a good learning experience...thanks!

Al FR-153 Loc: Chicago Suburbs

rpavich wrote:

Here is a good video showing why an ND filter is valuable and it shows the LightCraft version in case you want to see how it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-q2Wfh72o8&feature=related

There is comments made on the video page about it being good for video but not for photography. I can see the principle here, two polarized pieces of glass, phased, but why would it be detrimental to still shots? Anybody????

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Al FR-153 wrote:

rpavich wrote:

Here is a good video showing why an ND filter is valuable and it shows the LightCraft version in case you want to see how it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-q2Wfh72o8&feature=related

There is comments made on the video page about it being good for video but not for photography. I can see the principle here, two polarized pieces of glass, phased, but why would it be detrimental to still shots? Anybody????

None that I know of...I have one...my friends have one...it's great.

You have to take youtube comments with a grain of salt...the net is chock full of idiots.

Al FR-153 Loc: Chicago Suburbs

Quoting rpavich:

Quote:

You have to take youtube comments with a grain of salt...the net is chock full of idiots.

I'll agree 100% there.

Since you have one, is it threaded male and female, can it accept a filter in addition to it?

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Al FR-153 wrote:

Quoting rpavich:

Quote:

You have to take youtube comments with a grain of salt...the net is chock full of idiots.

I'll agree 100% there.

Since you have one, is it threaded male and female, can it accept a filter in addition to it?

Yes, it's threaded that way although I don't know what the dia of the female threads are...sorry.

fcrawley Loc: Melbourne, FL

I wrote about adjustable NDs a few weeks ago and the benefits of doing your own instead of purchasing one. Here is a link:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-22199-2.html#374464