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@robertgrenader858

5 жыл бұрын

I use the Lee 6x AND 10X 100 MM Square NDs with the Breakthrough Photography X100 holder.

@Chindogu133

5 жыл бұрын

Try the Haida line. Almost no color cast, extremely sharp and quite a bit cheaper than the breakthrough. I've been really impressed with them.

@xen0_0x

5 жыл бұрын

Marumi DHG ND64, great performer for its price.

@paulhuddleston2951

5 жыл бұрын

Matt Granger hh

@speterlewis

5 жыл бұрын

Been a working pro for 30 years, and I have NEVER used a filter system as good as the one from Breakthrough. A innovative and friendly company, and I'll never go back! (And, oddly in contrast to your review of their filters, I found absolutely no color shift with the N2....not sure why there would be differences). Keep up the great reviews, Matt!

This is the exact type of gear video that is actually helpful for real photographers!

@johnsmith1474

5 жыл бұрын

Not in my view, in my view it's a waste of time. Just use a flash and grey card and measure the real rgb value in Photoshop with the color picker. This is random nonsense.

@andinbriwel1092

5 жыл бұрын

John Smith John Smith umm... what?! How can a “flash and a grey card” (lol) fix the sharpness/clarity problems of a bad filter?

@joshualewis7516

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf is a “real photographer” people like you are shitty for the sport

5:24 Polar Pro Quartz Line - Brass, multi-coated, thin, great sharpness and minimal color cast, expensive 6:12 B+W Select - vignetting, ok color - Matt may have confused this with MRC110? not sure 7:14 Formatt Hitech Firecrest - coated, loss of sharpness 7:39 F Stop Labs - coated, aluminum, cool color cast, and loss of sharpness 8:28 Breakthrough Photography X2 - Green Shift 9:05 Breakthrough Photography X4 - TOP CHOICE, Brass, Great Grip, Weather sealed 9:45 Hoya Solas IRND - Cuts IR, Non-Coated, Good Color, some vignetting, slight loss of sharpness 10:28 Formatt Hitech Firecrest ULTRA - $$$, yellow cast, thin 10:57 ICE - Blue cast, same as F Stop Labs 11:11 Heliopan 10 - de-saturated, closer to 10.5 stops 11:46 Tiffen XLE AXENT - Specifically to cut IR, yellow cast, not recommended 12:37 B+W MRC110 - Color shift, vignetting 12:57 B+W XS-PRO MRC Nano - 2nd Place, Wider might not fit hood, fantastic color overall 13:24 SINGH-RAY Mor Slo ND10 - Expensive, not a good value 14:09 Newer Slim 77 - Blue color cast, not sharp

Matt, thank you SOOO much for going through an extensive list of ND filters. Many of us would love to be able to do such a comparison but obviously, the wallet would disagree. You saved us from spending where we shouldn't and offered different levels of glass-depending on the said wallet. MUCH MUCH appreciated, sir! (and ditto for all the links too)

It seems like gear comparison reviews like this have fallen out of style, which is a shame. This was a great comparison of ND filters and I literally just recently bought the B+W (110) basically based on the brand because the reviews for ND filters I found were old, or just not very informative (lack of sample images and such). Good job, not a super exciting video but I love it. Keep up the great work :)

This is the most significant reasoning of using the internet-guys sharing knowledge skills and ability. Thanks

Great video! I really appreciate how you took the time to double check to ensure the filters that were off were given the chance to show it wasn't a camera abnormality. Builds a lot of credibility taking the time to do that. And I am not just saying that because I have the X4, ha! I think this shows how like most things in life you get what you pay for but the most expensive usually isn't always the best and depending on where on the value curve you want to fall, there can be good choices at every price range.

This is amazing, one of the most useful video I have seen in this area. Thank you so much Matt!

Sadly, I'm closer to purchasing the $13 Neewer filter than the $13,000 Hasselblad.

@Jupiter2ignite

5 жыл бұрын

😂same

@GreenRC24

4 жыл бұрын

I once farted and a Milk Dud fell out.

Overall I think I like the Hoya filter the best, seems to be a nice middle ground and not too expensive. Great stuff Matt, keep these practical comparisons and tutorials coming.

I wish I would have known about the filter removal tool earlier on. They are a lifesaver! HNY Matt!

@jimdomi6206

4 жыл бұрын

Waiting for my filter in the mail, if taking it off is a pain like taking a filter off my drone, I wrap an elastic band around the filter and grip it that way and the filter comes off easy

I do a fair amount of long exposure photography. I used a bunch of different cheapie brands of screw on filters for my various lenses for the first few years when I was dabbling in this style. Eventually though I went to square/rectangular filters. I have cobbled together various brands to get to my current set up. I use a Nisi filters frame system because it has a built in polarizer, a WalkingWay 10 stop glass filter and a set of Zomei resin filters for the grads and coloured effects. Works very well for me but installing and removing the whole set up takes quite a bit of time every time you use it. When I shoot this way it's usually the only type of shots I intend to take on the outing. I will also shoot the same spot or area many times over months or even years. For casual users the screw ons are fairly quick to install and remove but you lose the option of being able to stack filters and being able to use graduated filters to knock down the sky. I did find it easy enough to adjust white balance in post with the cheapie screw on filters when I started with this technique but the current set up requires very little if any white balance adjustment.

Thank you, Matt, for this review. I've been using Breakthrough filters and have been thinking of switching to a less expensive brand. BUT this just reinforced that I have made the right decision from the start.

Thanks for taking the time to test out all those filters. Glad to see I've had money well spent. Been using Breakthrough's X4 filters for years now and love them. While ND filters are expensive, I look at it the same as purchasing a tripod, buy a good one from the start and you'll end up saving in the long run. Singray must have a great marketing team though to still be in business selling their way over priced filters. But then again there are those who think it's the most expensive so it's got to be the best.

Great video Matt, made my selection a lot easier. Ended up with the top end B+W as I have had a good experience with them in the past.

Thank you for this nice comparison review. I use one specifically to eliminate the crowd in touristic areas. Works well for people that are passing by, less with those that are slacking 😅

Thanks for the shootout Matt. I'm a bit sad you didn't use NiSi too, but I understand that you can't test every brand. I found them to be the best in my tests for color, sharpness and while Haida was good too they were flaring much more when pointed at the sun (I used Haida, LEE, B+W, NiSi).

I use Hoya, it was nice to know you've mentioned its of decent quality for a reasonable price, I've got into one exposures over the last 2 years and started to collect various nd types from them, and most prober by keep with them for now and the near future.

Good video Matt thanks for putting the time in.

Wow, an absolute magnificent review, thank you so very much.

This was extremely informative. Thank you, Matt !

Great review. I use Lee 100mm and 150mm systems because of greater creative control but there are times that the simplicity and lack of bulk of screw in filters are attractive. It has always amazed me the vast differences in filter quality and performance from brand to brand.

Thanks Matt. I did my own research (reviews on the web) and settled on the Breakthrough 4X 10 and 6 stop. I feel good that you came to the same conclusion with your detail testing. I started my ND filter experience with a variable ND from Promaster and was immediately disappointed.

Great video! I need an ND filter so this comes in really handy :). Also: *Matt, your sensor is filthy* haha

Nice review! I have a Hoya 4 stop ND which has been serving me well, I might look at the 10 stop too eventually. My current 10 stop has some pretty noticeable blue-green colour cast, but it can be mostly corrected for with white balance adjustments.

Still one of the most helpful videos I have ever seen. Would love to see a similar video just like this for clip-in filters.

I created a camera profile for mine with the ND on (and off), so the colours look the same both ways. It’s quite interesting to see the differences between the ones you’ve tested, thanks

Excellent demos, Matt! Very useful info 😎

Brilliant info'... and great work.. I am putting myself in your position of actually being out there.. with a stack of filters - testing each one - making notes - double checking.. swapping each one - making more notes - remembering the order of events to make your video . phew !... well done... really enjoyed.. Cheers from Dj.

I can attest the Breakthrough x4 10-stop is amazing. There's no color shift, it's natural and tack-sharp. Furthermore, I've stacked it on their X4 CPL with my 20mm and got no vignetting at all -- it's worth the money!

This is the right way to help us amateur photographers make the right decisions in purchasing gear, thanks Matt, would love if you could make a follow up for slide down/in filter system, like Lee and the like, love your channel.

Great video review! Well made, with lots of information. I actually have the breakthrough x4 3 stop and 6 stop. And stack to get 9 stop. Works quite well for me!

Great work! It's a very good and informative test. I'd like to see one more parameter compared - actual f-stop factor of each filter.

Great video. I bought the Rangers 8pcs ND kit for $28.99 and they're good enough for me as a hobby.

Matt, great review and before watching this I was between the Breakthrough X4 and the B&W XS-Pro MRC Nano. It seems it's still a toss up but may give Breakthrough a try as I always buy B&W. Cheers!

Nice quick review. I was looking at the breakthrough X4 and this helps me confirm the purchase.

@AlokSomani

5 жыл бұрын

I have a few filters from Breakthrough, and I do think they perform well optically! In particular, the circular polarizer. Although I will say that I have to use the wrench almost every time to remove the brass CPL from the brass step up ring I attach it to. Maybe I should use aluminum step up rings.

I have the ICE 10stop for years, and thank you, I’m getting the BW110😁

One of the best ND reviews I’ve seen.

Thanks for doing this Matt!

I use a few filters, but only when necessary. The two filters I use the most are my variable Polarizing Filter (or obvious reasons) and 10-Stop ND filter (Long Exposures). I opted for the screw-mount option B+W filters. The polarizer is fantastic. The 10-stop ND does a really nice job but does require some color correction at the end as it has a mild green color cast. A quick move to magenta on the slider in LR usually does the trick with relative ease. Both filters were under $150 a piece.

Thank you for the super informative and helpful video. Another video like this for Polarizer filters would be great!

Very nice and helpful comparison. I was hoping to see Gobe in there, since I just got a 16 layer ND1000 for Christmas

My first ND filter experience was bargain basement plastic to fit Cokin holders. Experience showed that colour cast varied with lighting conditions and exposure length. These quickly were consigned to the bin! Now I use 3, 6 and 10 stop 77mm filters from Gobe, mostly no noticeable colour cast or loss of sharpness and the price is towards the lower end so I'm well pleased. As a bonus the company plant 5 trees for every filter sold. They do make several grades, I picked the middle one after much time on KZread AND I bought filter wrenches (never needed yet) There seem to be so many of these filters on offer it is difficult to decide but I tend to agree that you only get what you pay for up to a point.

I am glad it isn't just me thinking that the Breakthrough filters are damn good. I have been using them ever since I found them on Kickstarter. Amazing filters. Loved this review.

@SpringloftStudio

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Dunn yes, I’m glad I learn about this brand now!

@RobertDunnknpodood

5 жыл бұрын

You won’t be disappointed.

Great video, and thanks for the reviews!

Great video once again Matt.

Great video, I am currently looking for a circular polarizer filter and I am almost feeling overwhelmed as there is so many on the market ranging from cheap to really expensive.

Great video. I own several Breakthrough filters and they are awesome. I wish they would make a round split ND filter though.

Really interesting and well researched video. I'm dipping my toes into using filters for landscape photography and am going to buy a 10 stop ND filter very soon. I like the 100mm format but so expensive.

@macklersick

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's worth it. I have a 100mm system with adapters that fit on lenses with different diameters. This allows me to use the same filters on my 58 mm diameter & 67 mm diameter lenses. If you have any lenses with larger diameters you may want to consider a 150 mm system.

Great video, very helpful. Somehow I liked the Heliopan result best.

Thanks for a great comparison! Would also love to hear thoughts on the best circular polarizer out there. Using b+w and happy but wonder if I'm keeping up with innovations.

Great video. I wish I had seen this a year ago. I bought the Tiffen 82mm ND3.0 ten stop filter but have been very unhappy with it as I always get a strong amber colour cast. Now I see you had exactly the same issue with the Tiffen example you tested I feel a lot better as I thought it was down to my technique and inability to white balance correctly. I will have to try to sell it on and buy the X4 in its place.

Regarding filter jamming, the culprit is thermal expansion. Brass has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than aluminum. Cooling the lens should free a jammed filter, but a filter wrench is usually quicker (if you have one).

I really appreciate and like your work. Cuts through all the crap. Keep them coming and you will be rewarded.

Another fab video that's super helpful, I expect to buy a Breakthrough x4 filter soon once I've decided on the strength, beautiful filters but its not like you can keep 3 or 4 at that price but worth the money it seems, thanks Matt

Before watching this video I was gonna go with the Breakthrough X2 filter but you pointed out that it was not nearly as good as their X4 version. Now, the X4 was a bit out of my budget so I got the Nisi pro nano IRND filter instead, which is cheaper than even the X2 but works fantastic. To my amateur eyes it has an ever so slight magenta cast and no visible loss of sharpness. You should give it a try.

Would have been nice to see a side-by-side for this. Also I'd love to see a similar comparison for circular polarizers. With ND filters, you can always get the same image by taking lots of shots and stacking them together, so I've found myself using ND filters less these days. Circular polarizers on the other hand I still use fairly often.

Very informative and well put together.

Great comparison - for threaded, I’ve used the B+W Pro Nano, but for my Nikkor 14-24, the 150mm square Lee or Cokin filters. Would love to see a comparison of those (and other brands) vs. the threaded filters. Thanks, Matt!

Thank you Matt; very helpful review!

Thank you for the video. I very much enjoyed it and learned something.

This was extremely helpful! thank you for sharing!

great video, such valuable information. Thanks so much!

I currently use the Hoya screw-in filters (3 different strengths) and they work pretty well on my Panasonic Lumix for video work.

I use the Breakthrough magnetic system. I really like it because you can screw on the holder, frame the shot and get a test exposure then simply snap on the filter and away you go

Using the Haida system myself, pretty happy with it Very good IQ, well priced and no colour cast

Thank you Matt, great information.

Great review. Very helpful indeed. Many thanks for sharing.

Good comparison video. I have a bw 10 stop and PolarPro 16 stop. A little pricey yes but the quality supports it. Needles to say I won’t need anything else but a 3 stop (maybe) in the future

Thank you very much. Great presentation and outstanding amount of information.

After watching the video comparison with the sound muted, and keeping a multi-window set-up for comparing as I go along, noting what dazzled my eyes and what did not, my final three were.. lol,, believe it or not, in order from third place to first: B+W XS Pro Breakthrough X4 (did not like the X2 at all) and my personal Favorite was Hoya-Solas IRND haha! same picks! 😍 There were a few filters that I thought were interesting for their effects, but I was going for natural light color, trying to balance softness of shadows with sharpness of contrast. I would be happy to own any of the above mentioned three. I do not know the price on them yet.

Glad the Hoya is priced well, liked the shot immediately

Hell yeah! Matt Granger, I am your biggest fan. Pedestrian but rather fascinating.

Thanks Matt for this wonderfull vídeo. Very good info. On a side note, regarding variable ND's, do you have an opinion about how they compare with fixed ones?

Very interesting.thanks for this extensive test

Matt, I take my photography seriously, and this video is spot on. I went through the same testing routine with the Nikon D810 and found that the best choice is the X4 in terms of minimal color shift and build quality. Keep up the good work. Bravo!

My college roommate bought the Singh Ray ND at $400ish and I was so impressed with the color shifting. Later, I found that Breakthrough Photography boldly claim that they are even better than Singh Ray and I was willing to give it a try. Surprisingly, there are barely any difference at a significantly low price tag. Now I happily own their 3-stop ND-CPL, 6-stop ND-CPL and 10-stop ND all at 82mm to match my Sony FE16-35mm f2.8 GM or downsize to my other 77mm 72mm lens using step-up ring adapters. Their ND + CPL combination for 3 and 6 stop is a no brainer, simply way cheaper to buy two separate filters and usually the ideal situation is to use both CPL and ND at the same time, if you don't want the polarized image simply rotate out and you can still easily see the cancel out effect because of 3 and 6 stops.

I use GOBE 2 Peak filters and I like them, they're not the cheapest but still affordable, so that if one breaks I won't feel too sorry for it. I will try 3 Peak (which supposedly should be the better ones with SHOTT glass) with my new Tamron 24-70 G2

@philcampbell5827

5 жыл бұрын

I use GOBE filters (2 peak) as well and have been satisfied with their performance and they also come with Lifetime warranties. I was hoping to see them included in this test.

Great nuts-n-bolts review. Spot on.

If you go up the F-Stops you have F2, F2.8,... F22, F32. Now, if you take a look 1/3 up, you get: F2.2, F3.2,... F25, F45 F2.2 -> F22; F3.2 -> F32, F6.3 -> F63, F9 -> F90 etc! Gotta love 'em cheat sheets!

Matt, awesome video. I am going with Breakthrough photography filters. I was debating Nisi, but Breakthrough looks to be of better results. Thanks!

This was great! Aside from the stand outs of the well priced Hoya and the overpriced Singh Ray it was refreshing to see that price matched image and build for most of them. I just wish I'd seen you try the Gobe brand. An sustainability-focused company that uses a share fo profits for reforestation. They make lens mount adapters and filters.

Interesting. A practical comparison. Might have been interesting to do some other tests, such as with a bright point light off center to check for internal reflections, as well as dispersion.

Excellent video. Very useful! Thanks

Hi, Always LOVE your videos - I was looking forward to getting your insights on Schneider True-Match variable ND filter; it's the only filter they mad for 77mm lens for DSLR... Thanks!

Hi Matt, thanks. 2-3 questions... 1. Did you also try Hoya ND1000 77 mm. I have one and think that it has a very warm colorcast to be difficult to fix in post? 2. Should we cover the eyepiece while using 10 stop NDs to mitigate colorcast? 3. Can you suggest tips/workflow to fix ND generated warm colorcasts?

Super helpful, thank you for this video!

Great vid, Matt. Would you suggest a filter of a specific diameter and an adapter (for size) so it can be used on several diameter lenses? If so, what works best?

Nice informative video . I was interested in knowing how the Hoya performed . Tiffen filters looked like they are using welding glass

Appreciate this type of information/videos! Will there be one for polarising filters? Im thinking of getting one, but im not sure of what to look for.. Thank you in advance. Best wishes.

Thanks, very good content. Can there be part2? For slide-in filters?

I've tried a few 10 stop ND filters and I've found NiSi to be the best in terms of color cast. Granted, it's part of a system and not a screw in type.

Very well done video, and very helpful

I tried to do a similar test and doing this in the field instead of in a controlled setting is a crap shoot. Unless there is a super strong cast you can take two images with the same filter and end up with different colors when you manually set the WB. You can even remove all the filters and do it with the naked lens and the colors can still vary based on changing light conditions. Even if the light looks stable it often isn't especially if there are clouds. I still enjoyed the video and found it valuable. It caught massive shifts in color.

Almost feel like this is more of an ad for the 'blad. What a neat feature!

great stuff.happy new year. j.

Thanks, Matt. One ND filter might upset the 'you get what you pay for maxim.' I bought an Aurora Aperture PowerND 4000 12-stop filter last year off eBay for about $40-50 bucks for a 62mm. Definitely no loss of sharpness and no discernable vingetting or color shift.

@mattgranger

5 жыл бұрын

How did you test the ‘loss of sharpness’

@2ramona959

5 жыл бұрын

@@mattgranger Took exactly the same shot on a tripod with a manual lens with and without the filter attached. Could not detect even the slightest loss of sharpness on full frame A7 raw at 100%. I'd be happy to send you a 100% crop of with and without. (and also a full before and after shot to show lack of vingetting and color shift).

Matt, I love how you're getting more technical with your reviews and trying to isolate the various variables! Thank you for doing this!

Very helpful review. Thanks.

Thanks again. Great review.