Hitech ND Filter

[doidinho]

How are these; anyone use them? It's hard to find information about them, but what little information there is appears to be possitive.

I'm looking for a ND filter I can use w/ my B+W screw in polarizer. I kind of dont want to get a screw in ND because of vingetting issues at the wide end when using both filters. I was thinking of getting a filter that fits my Cokin P holder and then just hand holding it when I use it w/ the polarizer.

Would a three stop (0.9) be good for the milking of waterfalls and and streams on a sunny day? Remember I have the polarizer that will give me another 1-2 stop reduction. I want a filter that will be usefull by itself as well as with the polarizer.

B&H has them for thirty five bucks which appears to be the lowest price.

[scot079]

I use the GNDs from Hitech, which are very nice filters. I've even handheld them before, with a polarizer and ND filter! So yeah, go for it (I assume you'll be using a tripod?)

[doidinho]

Thanks Tim,

I was almost hoping they were crap; guess I'm going to be ordering more stuff!

Where did you get yours, can they be had at a price better than B&H's?

I see you have a B+W polarizer and ND. Ever used them stacked before? If so at what focal length do you start to get vingetting?

[galahad]

I'm using a Cokin P holder (w/ HiTech NDGrads) and B+W Circ pol (threaded front) when stacking them.

[siejones]

I use HITECH ND's and they are a thumb's up from me.

I use a cokin 3 filter holder and a cokin polariser that fits into it on top of a screw in UV filter. I can fill the holder and it only starts to vignette under 12mm on my siggy 10-20. I brought another cheap cokin 3 filter holder off eaby and butchered it into a 1 filter holder and get no vignetting on that at all.

[scot079]

Thanks Tim,

I was almost hoping they were crap; guess I'm going to be ordering more stuff!

Where did you get yours, can they be had at a price better than B&H's?

I see you have a B+W polarizer and ND. Ever used them stacked before? If so at what focal length do you start to get vingetting?

No they aren't crap, never used any of the REALLY nice ones like Singh Ray or Lee.

When I stacked the CPL, ND and handheld the GND, I got a little vignetting @ 24mm on a 5D.

[doidinho]

Thanks everyone, I got my order in for a 0.9 ND filter (non-graduated). I can't wait to get the filter and head up into the mountains.