ND Filters

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Talk to me about ND filters!

I've been thinking of getting one to use primarily with my Canon 10-22. I'd like to use it on other lenses where possible but the wide angle lens is probably most suited to using ND filters.

I'm very much an amateur, budget is a max of about £200.

I've read good things about the Lee filters and they are appealing because they're not tied to a specific lens thread, although I'd obviously have to buy the converters. Also read about variable ND filters which may be more useful for someone like me - I'm willing to forego some image quality for price and convenience if it makes sense to do so. For example, this looks like a good balance: http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-syrp-variable-nd-filter-kit-with-case-large/p1557615

If anyone has experience with the syrp filter I'd be very interested in your opinions. Any other suggestions would be welcome!
 
Thanks Raymond, hadn't considered resale value actually. I expect the Lee system will be the best bet, just wondered if there was anything else I should be looking at!
 
Thanks for all the replies, very helpful. I think it's probably wise to try out a cheap one first to see how I get on - at £30 for the Camdiox it's a no-brainer!
 
Phal said:
There's some on Ebay but those are a fair bit more expensive. Saw one from Germany which was almost reasonable but you might be better off checking with SRB to see whether they're getting more any time soon.


The Lee system definitely has better filters but the question is, could the money you save be put to better use if your budget is already a bit tight.


Quality wise, the Camdiox I have feels about as good as any other screw in filter and the image quality is also pretty good with decent colours etc. It's cheap enough to be worth a punt and good enough to keep using imo.
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Yea I've pinged over an email to SRB so I'll see what they say. Thanks for all your input Phal (and everyone else!).

And if that's no good I'll check out the Haida one, thanks Tachyon.
 
Jono said:
I may have a cheap (cost £11) 100MM filter holder you can have. I think it came with a 77mm adapter ring. It's not great, in fact it's terrible, but if I can find it, it'll be free. I was going to give it to someone else, but I can't remember if I ever did.

That, coupled with some £18 KOOD filters would be a good start, to see if you like it. (Imho)
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That's very generous of you - I have a suspicion that I may receive a cheap filter to play around with for Christmas, so I will wait and see if I get one before I take you up on that. Thanks very much for the offer though!
 
Update from me. As suspected, got a cheap filter for Christmas. It's actually this one: http://srb-photographic.co.uk/77mm-nd1000-filter-6572-p.asp

Took it out yesterday for a quick play, and was quite impressed. Colours seemed slightly warm but nothing too noticeable, and there was quite a lot of vignetting at the wide end (10-22mm lens). But both of those can be fixed in post, so I'm pretty happy with that so far.

My first ND filter shots!


IMG_5210 by manwithjam, on Flickr


IMG_5212 by manwithjam, on Flickr


Sunset Strip by manwithjam, on Flickr
 
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