Customer Reviews

Tiffen 77mm Neutral Density 0.9 Filter

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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.

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.

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.

I've put this filter on many Canon lenses and it's worked just fine with no perceivable loss in image quality EXCEPT on one lens.

For about a week, I used this off and on a 24-105/4L IS. Near the end of the week I noticed a faint scratch/abrasion in the dead center of the filter as well as on the front element of the lens. Thus, I stopped using it (on the trip). When I returned to civilization and the land of the internet, I did some searching and found quite a few other folks (on dpreviewDOTcom) complaining about the same issue with the Tiffen filter and their 24-105/4L lens.

All in all, I'd recommend this filter, but try it on all the lenses you intend to use to make sure there's some clearance between the filter and the front element.

Got this mainly for photographing waterfalls and it does a gr8 job. Didnt notice any loss of image quality because of this.
Very useful accessory.

One filter will reduce enough light for you to open up the aperture bigger while allowing some motion blurs under a bright sun.

Two filters stacked will reduce the exposure to anywhere from 3 seconds to 20 seconds shooting waterfalls, waves and streets under a bright sun. Pointing at the sky, the exposure goes down to a second or less, so basically you can't blur the clouds motion in daylight.

One note though, stacking filters might create black vignetting at the corners on some wide-angle lenses. It works fine at 18mm with the Canon 18-55mm kit lens.

Great filter, easy to use. It came and the case it was in had been damaged (closing clasp had broken) but it had not opened. The filter had a lot of dust on it, which was easilly remidied with a quick puff of the blower. I have gotten good results with this, it works as intended and gives me the 3 stops it advertises. I bought 2 of these so I can do a 6 stops. I cannot see any optical issues with the filter (even with using both of them simultaneously), so it is a great one in my book!

Great filter! I have used this many times for a sunrise time lapse project and it really balanced out the exposure. I kept it attached to my 50mm most of the time and it didn't take long before the glass came loose inside of the ring. I don't think it effects the performance at all but it feels much cheaper when handling when you hear/feel the glass rattling.

This filter works great for slowing down waterfalls, and swift moving streams. Still keeps all the great colors too.

I think I just had bad luck, but my filter arrived with very loose glass that rattled when you shook it. It was close to falling out so I had to return it. Sounds like this is not common from the other reviews, however.