Cheap vs Expensive ND Filters - Is It Worth The Upgrade?

Are Cheap ND Filters Worth It? Are you considering a budget-friendly ND filter? This in-depth review of the Kentfaith Nano-B variable ND filter reveals whether it's a worthwhile investment for photographers on a budget.

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Testing and Reviewing the Kentfaith variable ND Nano-B series variable ND filter. Are cheap camera filters worth the money? In photography and optics, a neutral-density filter, or ND filter, is a filter that reduces or modifies the intensity of all wavelengths, or colors, of light equally, giving no changes in hue of color rendition.

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00:00 Variable ND filters
03:05 Filter Test Issues
05:33 K&F Concept Nano-B Series Test 1
06:40 ND Filter Test 2 and Problems Identified
11:17 Cost of Camera Filters

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[GizmosBushEscapes]

Yeah i now just use my action camera. Those big cameras are something i will never take on a hike. I like the idea of playing around with one of those cameras and filters etc. But i struggle to even get my little action cameras settings correct. Or even finding them for that matter. Point n shoot suits me best . I do have a 16 nd filter on my drone which suits most situations. Thats about as complex as it gets for me. Another helpful video Steve. Cheers mate😊

[OutandAboutwithCraig]

This video was fascinating! I enjoyed learning about the various filter applications on cameras and how they can enhance different aspects of photography. It’s amazing how the right filter can completely change the mood and quality of an image! 👍

[mpuppybreath]

Interesting information and introduction for me! Thanks for posting. I know this will be quite helpful to many. Have a great week, my friend!

[williamwilson]

I have a few of those, as well as a couple of other brands. They seem good enough, though as you said, the lens caps and hoods don't fit. As far as the caps go, I bought about fifty old caps from a camera store twenty years ago, so I've had no problems with that. I've given up on hoods for the time being, but at some point I'll get some circular thread-on hoods that will spin with filter. When I shoot video, I set the camera to manual with auto ISO. On a sunny day I turn the filter untill the camera starts to increase the ISO. At this point there is enough range to correct in log and get a good result. I can usually recover detail from the sky and shadows and acheive good colour representation.

Oh yeah, on the nine stop VNDs, they actually seem to be eight and two thirds stops, each mark representing one third of a stop. I keep sunny sixteen in mind while I'm using them, just so I don't do something crazy.

[THEBrisbaneChannel]

Even the more expensive VND filters have that issue with the size being wider. I put the filter on after the hood, but that can be awkward, and the combo vnd/polarising filter has handle thingies that mean you can't use the lens hood at all, even if you put the hood on first. That's definitely a downside that I forgot to mention in my video. I don't use lens caps much, so that's not an issue for me. If it was, I'd just buy one a size up, but that's an extra purchase that shouldn't be necessary. My old vnd filter was the same size as the lens, so in that way, it was better.

[RyanDB]

I'm confused. The title is "STOP Wasting Money on EXPENSIVE ND Filters!", but the video shows you buying a very cheap ND filter and deciding that it's not good enough and is missing several useful features. The logical conclusion being that you SHOULD buy more expensive ones which actually work...?

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