B + W Neutral Density (Variable)

This is an excellent filter, but beware not to trust AI to give you information about lens filter sizes. I needed this filter for a Canon RF 70-200 f/2.8, but the true size for this lens is 82mm. Double-check your sizes, please. I'm stuck with this now because I pasted the return date.

I’ve used this ND now for about two months. I have others but this is one of my two favorites. So far it has conquered all my needs. It even worked well for a commercial shoot I did into direct sunlight for silhouette shots An hair flinging shot. Not on complaint here. If you are wondering, The Freewell variable Nd filter set ar the other ones I love. I think The B+w variable has better color by a bit but the Freewell has magnetic filter caps and while that has nothing to do with the image I think it’s a very cool extra touch, so there is that. The Freewell has two in a set and the two together cover more ground and together are cheaper than the B+W as the one, however the B+W really does end up with an amazing color depth. If you can get both..... hey!

Works perfect for my Canon R5C cinema camera. Lets me shoot 8K video outdoors in almost any light.

I have a number of B+W filters for my lens, but this one is quite underwhelming. - The rotating mechanism is quite loose and loud, not a good idea for recording video - The engraving product text looks sloppy, see the area right outside of the letters. I am pretty sure this one is authentic.

I looked at other VND’s prior to making this purchase and for the price I think B+W is the best. I looked at other similarly priced VND’s like the Peter McKinnon Polarpro but found that the B+W performed better in some cases like color saturation at certain stops, although the differences were slight. For the price I felt the B+W provided the highest value overall with excellent quality and I have not noticed any issues with color shift. The only small downside to the B+W is the bizarre dot marking which is supposed to show max/min levels of the ND. For example the minimum setting is one dot and the maximum setting is two dots. In between those options are still one or two dots spaced apart at various lengths. Why not just use numbers 1-5?? Either way, not a deal breaker but definitely an odd choice.

If you search through a popular video service you are going to find a gang of people that are reviewing a product that competes with the B+W Vario ND filter. At least one of those reviews touts how the competing product 'gives the B+W a serious run for its money' in performance. If you check prices, the B+W is actually cheaper. So what the reviewer actually said was that the competition costs more and isn't as good. Any questions? Let's get undone.

I use it for music videos and the rendering of colors are perfect way more better than tiffens.

I've been interested in using a neutral density but was not thrilled by the prospect of having fixed light reductions and needing to swap out or stack several filters. Besides the cost begins to build. Having access to a variable 1 to 5 stop filter is what I was hoping for. This one is great. Does it's job with no noticable change in color cast going from 1 to 5 stops. If the 82 mm one was not so expensive I'd get one of those. This will have to do for now.

Lo utilizo mucho y creo que es esencial y necesario.

This was a very expensive variable ND filter but the glass is so optically sound that there is virtually no loss of image quality unlike many other variable ND filters. Like most ND filters, you may need to do some minor editing to correct the colours but that's a minor issue. Overall, I'm delighted with this filter despite its cost.

Está perfecto, muy neutral, la calidad de construcción impecable, muy contento :)

Works very good!

I shoot both stills and video with this and there is no colour cast, and the hard stop is great. Impeccable build quality. 100% recommend.