Post your 9 or 10 stop ND photos

I need to use this thing more, but here a few with my B+W 10 Stop

200 seconds

Wow those shots are spectacular Ravishing!

pwm2 wrote in post #9285599
What lens are you using it with, and at what FL does it start to become a problem?

I used to own this Vari-ND and it vignetted bad on the wide end. IIRC it would vignette all the way up to 24mm-28mm on my 16-35 II. Somewhere around there I think. It would vignette even on my 24-70 with a step up ring 77-82. I didn't like it so I sold it.

602 seconds - B+W 10 stop.

BTW, great shot above guys. I haven't used this in a long time. Should head out soon.

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smashing.poot wrote in post #9287854
602 seconds - B+W 10 stop.

Handheld, of course.

pwm2 wrote in post #9285599
What lens are you using it with, and at what FL does it start to become a problem?

16-35L on FF, and it vignette at 24mm up to around 30mm also on FF

jdizzle wrote in post #9287551
I used to own this Vari-ND and it vignetted bad on the wide end. IIRC it would vignette all the way up to 24mm-28mm on my 16-35 II. Somewhere around there I think. It would vignette even on my 24-70 with a step up ring 77-82. I didn't like it so I sold it.

That is good information. Or actually not so good. That would basically mean that there wouldn't really be meaningful to use it with the 16-35 and could just as well focus directly on my 24-105. I had hoped that I would manage at least down to 20mm. I should probably consider multiple slim fixed-density filters instead.

pwm2 wrote in post #9288321
That is good information. Or actually not so good. That would basically mean that there wouldn't really be meaningful to use it with the 16-35...

... or on the 17-40 which I use a lot. The vignetting, which is apparently substantial, is way to big a handicap to give these filters serious consideration. Heck, the tiny bit of light fall off I get with the 24-70 2.8 wide open and sometimes up to f8 bothers me. The vignetting from these filters would probably drive me nuts. If the vignetting is actually as bad as described here, I would personally call them unusable.

Imagine the vignetting with the Vari-N-Duo...

rvdw98 wrote in post #9288462
Imagine the vignetting with the Vari-N-Duo...

I was looking to buy more filters from SinghRay, but because of that Vari-ND vignetting i ignored to buy anything more from them, i don't know when i will use this Vari-ND again.

Tareq wrote in post #9288667
I was looking to buy more filters from SinghRay, but because of that Vari-ND vignetting i ignored to buy anything more from them, i don't know when i will use this Vari-ND again.

Their only filter that may tempt me into a purchase at some point is the Blue/Gold polarizer. It's a shame that they only do a Cokin P-sized sprocket version though, as fiddling with a threaded/square filter combos is tedious. On the other hand, a 100mm sprocket model at their average price point will probably be prohibitively expensive, especially considering the cost of the Cokin counterpart (the Z173).

The important thing is that these filters are way to expensive to buy and later find out that they were not practically usable. After all, wide lenses are quite important for landscapes. And with a FF body, 24mm isn't so very wide.

rvdw98 wrote in post #9288699
Their only filter that may tempt me into a purchase at some point is the Blue/Gold polarizer. It's a shame that they only do a Cokin P-sized sprocket version though, as fiddling with a threaded/square filter combos is tedious. On the other hand, a 100mm sprocket model at their average price point will probably be prohibitively expensive, especially considering the cost of the Cokin counterpart (the Z173).

Yes, i was looking at this filter as well, but i really don't want to buy any filter from them to use with my wide angle lenses [16-35, 24-xxx] and see vignetting and i pay that much for it, non sense.

pwm2 wrote in post #9288702
The important thing is that these filters are way to expensive to buy and later find out that they were not practically usable. After all, wide lenses are quite important for landscapes. And with a FF body, 24mm isn't so very wide.

I agree, the most vignetting i see on my ultra wide angle lenses are from SinghRay Vari-ND [and sure same with any their filters of same thickness], but about the quality, they are top notch.

Tareq wrote in post #9288768
I agree, the most vignetting i see on my ultra wide angle lenses are from SinghRay Vari-ND [and sure same with any their filters of same thickness], but about the quality, they are top notch.

Then at least, you have top quality vignetting.

BTW: the blue/gold polarizer is also available as a threaded slim mount variant, which presumably won't vignette (as badly) on UWA's.

rvdw98 wrote in post #9288776
Then at least, you have top quality vignetting.

BTW: the blue/gold polarizer is also available as a threaded slim mount variant, which presumably won't vignette (as badly) on UWA's.

I have that Vari-ND thin ring or say for wide angle lenses and it vignette badly on my 16-35L, so i am sure even that blue/gold one will be the same if it is in same thickness of that Vari-ND.