Excellent CHEAP 10-stop.

Is the general consensus that this is just as good as a Lee or b&w equivalent? Looking to buy my first 10 stop so wondering if this would save me a few quid.
 
Erm... that's a bold statement to make but having never used either that you mention I can't really comment. They're certainly excellent though and at £20 ish they're certainly alot cheaper.
 
rodd1000 said:
Is the general consensus that this is just as good as a Lee or b&w equivalent? Looking to buy my first 10 stop so wondering if this would save me a few quid.
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See post #111.
 
My replacement from SRB arrived yesterday. After some playing around with it I arrived at the following method, which seemed logical and worked for me. Start without filter fitted, frame shot, take a reading, work out exposure and adjust, focus, fit filter, shoot. I was using a 1DMkIII with a 24-105L fitted, along with a Canon RS-80N3 release, and thanks to the advice earlier in the thread I used the timer on the top LCD that is available when using the B setting. I was just shooting through an upstairs window at some trees in my garden with buildings behind, but the bright afternoon sun was good for using the filter to lengthen the exposure. I agree that the app I used is only a starting point for exposure, but it got me somewhere quite near and a little trial and error soon got me bang on. I did find that even with the filter fitted I was able to auto focus, which surprised me. Quite strange for a newbie to it have a 40 foot artic drive through an 8 sec exposure and not be in the shot! I'm looking forward to getting out down to the Wear, which I live @ 800m from, and along the banks into Durham for some shooting at the weekend.
 
Hey sent my replacement by rmsd yesterday. AND an envelope with stamps to return the faulty one!! THATS customer service!!!!

Gonna try the new one tomorrow!
 
Well I would try covering it then. You will have a viewfinder cover that came with your camera or failing that a piece of black tape will do the job.
 
Yeah I will try that. Never thought of it tbh. But why is the variable nd ok with long exposure? (35 seconds)
 
So I had a first play yesterday, a cold but educational couple of hours. Misty and grey so no clouds to show, but the Wear was up and flowing pretty quick and I got in the way of getting the filter off and on between shots to compose, meter and focus, not as fiddly as I thought it would be. Here's my first attempts....
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You must live near me mate! I have The same picture somewhere. Taken just before Christmas. Nice pic.
 
Paul pminteriors said:
Has anyone ever noticed streaking with a nd1000 lens?
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No issues here. Photo below from earlier in the thread is shot directly into the sun for 102 seconds with no streaking whatsoever. Viewfinder not covered, just filter slapped on the front of the lens and shot taken.

ACW said:

Ria Formosa Parque Natural by ACW#, on Flickr

Camera Canon EOS 7D
Exposure 102 seconds
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 20 mm
ISO Speed 100
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In photo #2 you've posted, it looks like the filter has specs of water or dirt / something on the front? Sure it's not just dirty?

Streaks in #1 could stem from cleaning whilst the filter is damp / breathing on it and then smearing it by accident?

As said above, if it persists just swap it for a new one.
 
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Picture 2 was taken whilst raining. That's why it's not the best. That was taken with my hoya variable nd. Picture 1 was taken on a clear day. Filter taken straight from the box. All pictures with that filter had the same streak going thru them.
 
Haven't been on this site for ages and was linked this thread from somewhere else, so glad I looked because these filters look to be an absolute bargain, just ordered one from ebay for 20.95. Big thanks to the thread starter for sharing. For those asking if they compare to B+W then this is a good read
http://www.fotografci.net/nisi/test/indexe.html
 
Nice, just ordered a 52mm for my incoming fuji x-e2. I'm not a massive fan of screw in 10 stops, but carrying my lee kit around negates the object of having a compact system.

I'm hoping the fujis EVF will compensate for the light loss so you can compose with the filter in place, unlike my d700 where you have to keep screwing the filter in and out everytime you recompose.
 
TCR4x4 said:
Nice, just ordered a 52mm for my incoming fuji x-e2. I'm not a massive fan of screw in 10 stops, but carrying my lee kit around negates the object of having a compact system.

I'm hoping the fujis EVF will compensate for the light loss so you can compose with the filter in place, unlike my d700 where you have to keep screwing the filter in and out everytime you recompose.
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I find with my B&W 10 stop and E-M5 (which I'm guessing has a live view boost similar to your Fuji) that composition and manual focus (especially using magnified view) is possible in good-moderate light but gets increasingly difficult as the light drops after sunset.
 
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