DxoOpticsPro9EliteEditionThe 9 best Nikon lenses available in 2017 5 Specialty lenses. If you own a Nikon dSLR, you absolutely MUST try these Nikon lenses. Download Update. Star Update. Star. Download the. Double click the downloaded file. Adobe InDesign CS5 Premium 7. Autodesk Autocad Architecture 2010 German 2 dvds Aperture 3. Full for Mac 1 dvd Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro for Mac 1 cd Adobe Photoshop. BW, Bower, Hoya, SinghRay Tiffen VariND Filters. After a lot of work behind the scenes, Im happy to bring to you the first big comparison article of the year. Il y a quelques jours, la version 11 de DxO OpticsPro Essential devenait librement tlchargeable. Une annonce qui en cachait une autre, peuttre plus. Daniel Tubbs. I have been using Affinity Photo on my Windows 7, Pro 64 bit for a few months now and have not had any problems. It is a little slower at opening my. Update. Star is compatible with Windows platforms. Update. 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Read on to find out which is the best and if the bargain filters are just as good as the pricey competition. What is a Variable Neutral Density Filter Mountain stream photo that hangs in my home was taken with a Neutral Density Filterprinted on Satin Cloth Gallery Wrap Elite by REDIPix. Have you ever tried to take a photo of moving water outside by slowing your shutter speed for water that looks smooth as silk Have you ended up with shots that were pure white when you tried to do that If so, you need a neutral density filter to darken your exposure by 1 or more stops to get the correct exposure for your long exposure shot. While it is true you can use your max f stop number and minimum ISO to get a long exposure, sometimes the day is just too bright for your desired exposure for that silky smooth water effect. Long exposures are fun with moving lights think cars and many other uses too. While you could buy a bunch of ND filters around like that found in the Cokin Z Pro kit, its a hassle to haul and use and not the best optic material. Lee Filters offers the great optics, but in big fragile rectangles that are just as bulky to use carry and use too. Wouldnt it be great if you just needed a single screw on filter to get your desired number of stops with just a twist of a ring Thats exactly what the Variable Neutral Density Filter does and its compact size make it worth its weight in gold Whats more, if you are a landscape shooter you can leave it on all of the time as the minimum stop is usually bright enough that it will have little effect on your photo, but you can crank up to the maximum stop when your longest exposures. Its really the best of both worlds and hassle free. In this review I conduct a variety of tests to see which one I like best the Singh Ray Ive owned for a few years, or one of the newer products on the market. The Singh Ray is the defacto standard and most expensive, but is it the best Read on to find outProducts Tested. Mac Os X Server 10.6 Download Iso. BW, Bower, Hoya, Singh Ray Tiffen Vari. ND Filters. The following products were all chosen by me based on reader feedback about available products on the market. I personally already owned the Singh Ray and had previously tested the Hoya. Please note that I used 7. I intended to test with. Your lens may require a different size filter, so DO NOT ASSUME you need a 7. If you cant find this info on your lens or online, please contact your retailer before ordering your variable neutral density filter. It should also be noted that wider lenses should opt for the thinnest no filter ring model. I strongly recommend this option of you are only going to buy one or if you are using this with a lens that goes wider than 2. BW 7. 7mm XS Pro Digital ND Vario MRC nano Filter. BW 7. 7mm XS Pro Digital ND Vario MRC nano Filter2. Jan 2. 3, 2. 01. 5PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS 0. Variable Neutral Density Filter Provides 1 5 Stop Exposure Reduction MRC Multi Resistant Coating nano Coating Simplifies Cleaning Process Rugged Matte Black Brass Filter Ring Oversize Filter Ring for Wide Angle Lens High Quality Schott Glass Locks at the MIN and MAX stops no overturning issuesMore details on BWs website. Bower 7. 7mm Variable Neutral Density Filter. Bower 7. 7mm Variable Neutral Density Filter5. Jan 2. 3, 2. 01. 5PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS 2 to 8 Stops of Light Control Smooth Adjustable Dial Multi Coated Optics Locks at the MIN and MAX stops no overturning issuesHoya 7. Variable Neutral Density Filter. Hoya 7. 7mm Variable Neutral Density Filter1. Jan 2. 3, 2. 01. 5PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS Variable 0. Neutral Density Filter Reduce Exposure by 1. Stops Optical Glass Construction Threadless Front Filter Ring. More details on Hoyas website. Singh Ray Vari ND Variable Neutral Density Filter. Singh Ray Vari ND Variable Neutral Density Filter Standard Tested3. Jan 2. 3, 2. 01. 5PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS Reduce Exposure by 2 8 Stops Singh Ray uses the highest quality optical glass, comparable to that used by NASA,combined with our proprietary design and finishing. Each filter is handcrafted and inspected here in the U. S. Threaded Front Filter Ring Standard Tested, but threadless available as shown above. Why Singh Ray Click here to learn more. Tiffen 7. 7mm Variable Neutral Density Filter. Tiffen 7. 7mm Variable Neutral Density Filter1. Jan 2. 3, 2. 01. 5PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS Provides 2 to 8 Stops of Light Control Rotating Ring to Choose Degree of ND Eliminates Buying Many ND Filters Wide Outer Ring Reduces Vignetting Black Aluminum Filter Ring Color. Core Glass Made in the USA 1. Year Warranty. More details on Tiffens website. Round 1 Test Waterfall Outdoors. Canon EOS 1. D X, f5. ISO 8. 00, No Flash. For this test I went out to a nearby waterfall that I had intended to use for my last comparison between the Singh Ray and Hoya. Sadly during that outing I was surprised to discover that the access to the falls had been closed for what ended up being over 2 years. Now Im able to get to the falls, so I thought it would be a good time to do some retesting this time with a brand new Singh Ray as my previous one had minor damage which could not be repaired. Testing Methodology. This is what I call a cold test where I literally took all of the filters out of the package and tested them for the first time. No tribal knowledge existed for any product even the Singh Ray since I havent used it in over a year. What follows are the results from the cold test taken during a 1. PM sunset was 4 5. PM These were taken on a Gitzo tripod with an Arca Swiss head mounted to the lens tripod foot. To expedite swapping filters, no hood was used. The surface where I took the shots was a deck and there were people occasionally moving, so despite my best efforts some motion could have crept into the shots. Do not judge the photos based on sharpness, but rather their exposure and color. I shot in Manual mode and manually dialed in the shutter speed to the indicated 0 EV exposure. For the BW Bower, I rotated until they locked on the MIN and MAX points. For the others, I aligned them manually to the MIN and MAX points. Mid was done as indicated or using the middle hash mark from all the hash marks available. Findings. My takeaway here and from my previous article testing is that variability due to the metering mode outdoors makes it tough to test this type of filter in the real world to get an apples to apples comparison. If I had another chance to go outdoors I would have used center weighted average metering to limit the impact on the variability that Ive seen for indoor vs outdoor. Here were the shutter speeds required to get a perfect 0 EV exposure when turning each filter to its MIN and MAX values. MID is the place in the middle of those two indicated settings. Honestly I dont trust these results due to all of the variables involved with being outdoors with such a big waterfall. Shutter Speeds at the Min, Mid and Max settings of each filterusing the aforementioned camera settings. Your takeaway here should simply be that the Singh Ray and Tiffen both advertise a two stop starting point for their filter, and they accurately deliver on that promise.