Which Brand Filters?

The Digital Concepts filters are also sold under a number of other names, including Merkury. They are complete garbage.

Stay with Tiffen, Hoya etc. as a minimum. There are more expensive and better brands, but those two for instance offer good performance for the price.
 
I agree - stay with Tiffen, Hoya and Schneider. Why downgrade the Leica lens with inferior glass on the front end. Also, The FLD is useful mainly for still film photography - the white balance will clean up any florescent challenge in the HVX.

As for the ND, I find a more useful filter for video to be a 4x4 ND Grad series in a matte box. Knocking the sky down gives video a much cleaner exposure and improves your contrast range.

Another trick using the white balance is to use a slighty bluish white card to balance - this will warm your scene a few hundred degrees kelvin and avoid putting more glass (ie. coral or 812 filters) in front of the lens.

I use additional glass only when necessary such as a UV protector when shooting in a non-clean industrial or dusty environment.
 
Speaking of flourescent lights and filters, the HVX has a FLUO matrix setting to deal with the green spike common in flourescent light.
 
as already stated B+W are well worth it. Keep them in good shape and they will last for years and years. Never never skimp on the glass.
 
For those that do not have a Mattebox for 4x4 filters, Tiffen does sell an 82mm screw-in ND 0.6 Grad. The other filter you might seriously consider would be a Polarizer. Especially if you have any shoots through glass/water or to deepen the blue in the sky.
 
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