Variable nd filters for d7100 lenses
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DPStewart
Veteran
The SLR Magic VariND is the best one out there. It's is the only one that doesn't use two 1/4plates (polarizers) do work - so it doesn't give the "blue on one side, orange on the other" color shift.
I don't know what the front filter size is for those lenses, but best to get a 77mm SLR Magic VariND and use inexpensive step-up adapter rings to fit each lens.
I don't know what the front filter size is for those lenses, but best to get a 77mm SLR Magic VariND and use inexpensive step-up adapter rings to fit each lens.
Imamacuser
Veteran
I learned my lesson the hard way, I originally got a 67mm variable ND because that was the largest thread size of my lenses at the time, but then I got a lens with 77mm threads and wasn't able to use it with my variable ND. The moral of the storey is, buy the biggest or 2nd biggest filter so that you can use it with future lenses.
Like DPSewart said, get a 77mm variable ND and a 67-77mm step up ring so that you can use it on your Nikon 18-140mm.
Like DPSewart said, get a 77mm variable ND and a 67-77mm step up ring so that you can use it on your Nikon 18-140mm.
Samuel H
Major Contributor
For the record, I also went for a variable ND a few years ago, then sold it to get regular ND filters. The LCW fader ND mk2 was making my images softer (and this was on a T2i) and was making people look plasticky (polarizers kill reflections, skin often doesn't look good).
I went for a small set of the cheapest Tiffen screw-in NDs, and this was a huge improvement over the fader, at a similar cost (though the fader is a lot faster on set).
When I bought the a7S, I needed new, stronger filters, and this time I went for the very, very nice Hoya ProND filters. They are great.
I went for a small set of the cheapest Tiffen screw-in NDs, and this was a huge improvement over the fader, at a similar cost (though the fader is a lot faster on set).
When I bought the a7S, I needed new, stronger filters, and this time I went for the very, very nice Hoya ProND filters. They are great.
Michael Carter
Veteran
What he said. If you are doing some sort of run & gun work and absolutely can't stop to swap NDs, then get the best variable you can. (Actually, get a "video" camera with long zoom range and built-in NDs - the guys shooting DSLR at events I shoot miss a lot of shots fiddling with lenses and filters).
I've found even cheap Asian NDs to be good - some will color shift as you get past 3 or 4 stops, but not by much. And no sharpness hit.
I've found even cheap Asian NDs to be good - some will color shift as you get past 3 or 4 stops, but not by much. And no sharpness hit.
Samuel H
Major Contributor
I should have posted a link to my ND filter tests. I haven't updated it in the last couple of years, but I think it suits exactly the choice you're about to make.