Tiffen 58mm Neutral Density 0.9 Filter

by Tiffen

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 3.2 x 1 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004ZCDI
• Item model number: 58ND9
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #2 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Filters > Neutral Density Filters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 29, 2000

Product Description

Size: 58mm

Amazon.com Product Description

Reduces the amount of light passing through the camera lens without changing the color of the scene. This filter is especially useful in bright light conditions. Allows proper exposure at a wider lens opening when reducing depth of field to highlight a key subject by making the foreground and/or the background out of focus. A slower shutter speed can be used to produce blurred motion effects.

Product Description

These filters reduce the amount of light passing through the camera lens without changing the color of the scene. They are especially useful in bright light conditions to help prevent overexposure. Neutral Density filters also allow proper exposure at a wider lens opening for reduced depth-of-field to highlight a key subject by making the foreground and/or background out of focus.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Learn about the ND filters before you buy one., April 22, 2010

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Balaji (CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tiffen 72mm Neutral Density 0.9 Filter (Electronics)

If you think this is the strongest ND filter you can get, then it is wrong. DO NOT BUY THIS. This is only 3-stop and there are 9 or 10 stop filters available. Learn about ND filters before settling on one.

With this ND filter, you cannot take pictures of water falls in bright day light (even with smallest aperture (F22)). But if you want to take the same later in the day (around sunset), this will help you a lot. I took lots of pictures using this filter during my trip to Yosemite. I could take really nice waterfall motion (with 1 sec exposure during sunset) but all the pictures I took during day time were washed out...they all became too bright.

If you have a polarizing filter, you may stack on top of it (be careful with vignetting) to get more darkness.

The filter itself is very well built and I was able to easily screw/unscrew from the lens. I would put some more money to get more f-stop. I will post some sample pics I took soon.

46 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sunglasses for your camera, February 7, 2001

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Mr. M. J. Christian "citizensmith" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tiffen 58mm Neutral Density 0.9 Filter (Electronics)

Ever seen those photos of rivers and waterfalls where the water is all blurred and misty? This filter can help you achieve that and other effects. It drastically cuts down the light passing through your lens, forcing slower shutter speeds that will give the blur effect.

This is the strongest ND filter, you may want to look at the 0.6 or 0.3 for a less noticable effect. Also, be prepared to use a tripod. This filter will easily push your shutter speed into multiple seconds, so you'd have to have one.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 72mm ND 0.9 filter, April 5, 2008

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J. R. Osborn (Southern Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tiffen 72mm Neutral Density 0.9 Filter (Electronics)

I needed a darker neutral density filter than I already had. I got this one and used it on a recent vacation to shoot some sunrises and sunsets. I was extremely pleased with the results. Also, I thought the price on Amazon was excellent. There are other brands out there that cost more, but I have always liked Tiffen products, and knew that I would have no issues with it.

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