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Marumi ND2-ND400 77mm DHG Variable Filter

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Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 77mm
Brand Marumi
Material Aluminium
Photo Filter Thread Size 77 Millimeters
Coating Description Multi Coating
Photo Filter Effect Type Polarizer
Water Resistance Level Not Water Resistant
Product Dimensions 3.03"L x 3.03"W
Photo Filter Size 77 Millimeters
Global Trade Identification Number 04957638412131

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  • Adjustable ND2-ND400 light control
  • Ultra thin screw thread black aluminium frame design
  • Japanese optics and original light reducing material construction
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Product Dimensions 4.25 x 0.71 x 3.74 inches
Item Weight 2.82 ounces
ASIN B0065SPKEM
Item model number DHG77VND
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4.1 out of 5 stars 80 ratings

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Best Sellers Rank #2,326 in Camera Lens Neutral Density Filters
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer No
Date First Available June 25, 2010
Manufacturer Marumi

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    Marumi ND2-ND400 77mm DHG Variable Filter

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    Customers find the ND filter works well and appreciate its build quality, with one noting it's made with excellent glass. Moreover, they consider it good value for money and like its size, with one mentioning it's particularly suitable for travel when space and weight are limited. However, several customers report issues with dark streaks across the screen.

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    12 customers mention "Functionality"9 positive3 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the functionality of the filter, with multiple customers reporting that it works great and produces very pleasing results.

    "...This works nicely. I don't get the magenta tint that some cheaper variable ND filters offer. There's not any visible distortion or banding...." Read more

    "...It received good write ups elsewhere so I gave it a try. Very pleased with the results...." Read more

    "Works as shown. Gradient is enough to use in daytime for water, long exposure. It does have some issues with the black banding so just be aware of it." Read more

    "...Works fine until you get to about the 2/3 mark in the range sweep when dark streaks become evident, and from the last stop to the MAX setting in..." Read more

    8 customers mention "Build quality"8 positive0 negative

    Customers appreciate the build quality of the filter, with one mentioning it is made with excellent glass and has a nice heavy feel.

    "...That's our good fortune, as the filters are totally on the same quality level and can be had for a lot less money. This works nicely...." Read more

    "...B+W German made 1-10 stop filter, non variable...these are made with excellent glass, get the multi coated version, easier to clean and only a few..." Read more

    "This filter does what it says it will. It's well constructed and optically ideal...." Read more

    "...The quality seems to be excellent without pixel peeping. The variable adjustment is so much nicer than switching filters." Read more

    6 customers mention "Value for money"6 positive0 negative

    Customers find the filter to be good value for money.

    "...and take pics of streams and water in general is amazing, worth the bucks for sure!!!..." Read more

    "...the price was about half (~$50) of the US seller prices - very good value for the money." Read more

    "...This filter really ought to come with an 82mm cap. It is a great value compared to the other brand names out there." Read more

    "Great variable ND filter. Does it quite well. Happy with it and great pricing from seller." Read more

    5 customers mention "Filter quality"5 positive0 negative

    Customers praise the quality of the filter, with one mentioning it's a great variable ND filter.

    "...So, one star off for not including one with the filter. This is a premium filter...." Read more

    "Great variable ND filter. Does it quite well. Happy with it and great pricing from seller." Read more

    "Excellent filter and a good bargain..." Read more

    "filter is OK..." Read more

    3 customers mention "Size"3 positive0 negative

    Customers appreciate the compact size of the filter, with one mentioning it's smaller than gels and another noting its slim profile, making it ideal for travel when space and weight are limited.

    "I like this filter a lot as it's a lot smaller than hauling around gels...." Read more

    "I love this for travel when space and weight are limited. The quality seems to be excellent without pixel peeping...." Read more

    "works perfectly, clear, and astonishingly slim." Read more

    4 customers mention "Black bars"0 positive4 negative

    Customers report issues with dark streaks and black bars across the screen.

    "...I was taking pics and having a grand old time and then suddenly the "BLACK BARS"...at first I thought something had gone wrong with my camera!!!..." Read more

    "...I had several issues including black bars across the image that came and went as I rotated...." Read more

    "...It does have some issues with the black banding so just be aware of it." Read more

    "...until you get to about the 2/3 mark in the range sweep when dark streaks become evident, and from the last stop to the MAX setting in the sweep..." Read more

    Top reviews from the United States

    • Michael McKee
      5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent filter and a good bargain
      Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2015
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 72mmVerified Purchase
      You probably haven't heard of Marumi. The company doesn't have the high profile that B+W or Hoya enjoy. That's our good fortune, as the filters are totally on the same quality level and can be had for a lot less money.

      This works nicely. I don't get the magenta tint that some cheaper variable ND filters offer. There's not any visible distortion or banding. As with any filter that gets as dark as this one, it's necessary to meter at a lower density, then calculate exposure for maximum density. The filter simply makes the view too dark for most cameras to accurately meter. That's not a fault, just physics.
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    • Tolstoy
      5.0 out of 5 stars filter is OK
      Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2013
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 49mmVerified Purchase
      I got this filter and got really annoyed with the fact that it had black bars across the screen at the higher setting. I went to the reviews on the same filter, larger 77mm size and found that a customer there complained of same thing. And so I returned the filter thinking that it was defective or just bogus merchandise. AND then I talked to a photography friend who told me that when they make variable ND filters, they use two filters..."What you are seeing is not a defect but an effect of how the product is constructed. This type of filter is constructed of two Linear Polarizers. When the filter is turned all the way in one direction the two Polarizers will cross over each other and will see an "X" in your image. To correct just turn the ring back in the other direction." Wooops!! And so PROMASTER offers the HGX Variable ND Filter. This filter has block inside which keep the Polarizers from crossing over and thus avoiding the 'bars'...not sure if Marumi makes one...but I mean gee whiz, dont ya think that they would tell you about this before you bought it. I was taking pics and having a grand old time and then suddenly the "BLACK BARS"...at first I thought something had gone wrong with my camera!!! And so exactly 15 minutes after I returned the filter to the Post office to get my money back from Amazon, my friend tells me all of this. At any rate, I hope you read this as a word of encouragement. HOWEVER, that being said, my research following this incident also led me to an understanding that if you want really good outcomes, you need to get good glass...and for ND filters, either you pay an arm and a leg for a variable Singh Ray or get the increasingly harder to get Lee Big Stopper, or you just get a really good B+W German made 1-10 stop filter, non variable...these are made with excellent glass, get the multi coated version, easier to clean and only a few bucks more. Being able to stop down and take pics of streams and water in general is amazing, worth the bucks for sure!!! But then I saw a youtube about variable ND filters and the Singh Ray and Heliopans, for the money are not so much worth the bucks. Tiffen or Marumi are less expensive and do the job without losing the sharpness of your $10,000 Leica lens. And so I got a B+W non variable 10 stop filter but it is a bugger to have to screw it on and off before and after each shot...I will buy another Marumi I guess.
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    • J. Harrington
      4.0 out of 5 stars Very good value for the money
      Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2012
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 72mmVerified Purchase
      I used to own Marumi filters when shooting film 25 - 30 years ago and liked them. When I was looking for a good variable ND filter for my new camera I came across this. It received good write ups elsewhere so I gave it a try. Very pleased with the results. You may need to stay away from the very high end of the filter but for all the normal uses I had good results.
      2 people found this helpful
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    • David Patterson
      3.0 out of 5 stars and I'm very pleased with their performance
      Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2014
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 62mm
      I own some Marumi ND filters, and I'm very pleased with their performance. This variable ND filter works well for the lower half of its range, but the upper half has the dreaded bar that appears in the image. I was aware of the X pattern that appears in all variable ND filters when rotated to their maximum setting. However, a dark bar shows up very early in the rotation of the filter, which limits its use to only the first half, or less, of the range. I have a cheap variable ND filter than doesn't create any bar until 3/4 of the range, so I was hoping for more range with the Marumi variable ND. I would recommend this filter for the price, but just be aware that the ND range is limited.
      3 people found this helpful
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    • Samantha Springs
      5.0 out of 5 stars good but pay attention to front filter size
      Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2013
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 67mmVerified Purchase
      This filter does what it says it will. It's well constructed and optically ideal.

      Note this one line in the description: "To help prevent Vignetting the front filter ring is one size larger, ie 72mm."

      That means you will need to buy a 72mm lens cap, if you are going to leave this filter on the camera during a shoot and want to have a lens cap that will cover it and protect it.

      On the one hand, the size helps with what they say (vignetting). On the other, if you are buying this for a 67mm filter size lens (which of course you are!), you cannot just plan to use your old lens cap on this filter, which is a little annoying.

      Lens caps are cheap, so including one with this filter would have been good. It's a premium filter, so why not? This is similar to how B&W makes some filters which are VERY thin (again to prevent vignetting) which don't even have threads on the front of them (because of the thin ness). So B&W includes a friction hold lens cap with their filter. Very smart and nice.

      Now I gotta hassle with the time and silly expense of ordering and shipping a cheap 72mm lens cap. So, one star off for not including one with the filter. This is a premium filter. Adding 25 cents to the wholesale cost would not break anyone, and would be a very nice gesture.
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    • Andrew Wyllie
      5.0 out of 5 stars I like this filter a lot as it's a lot smaller ...
      Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2015
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 72mmVerified Purchase
      I like this filter a lot as it's a lot smaller than hauling around gels. I'm using it on a Zeiss 16-35 zoom (sony) and I can get roughly 2 stops before the pattern on the filter starts distorting the image with the lens set to 16mm (you get an X pattern across the frame if you try to get too dark), but zooming the lens to 35mm gets rid of the pattern and probably gets you close to 9 stops - I have not really tested this yet though. With the lens set to 16mm, I do not get any vignette as the the glass is a few mm wider than 72mm. The front of the filter is threaded but is wider than 72mm (not sure what the size is) - something to keep in mind if you want to stack another filter on it. The seller I used was based in Hong Kong so the price was about half (~$50) of the US seller prices - very good value for the money.
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    • Federico Iemma
      5.0 out of 5 stars Sbalorditivo rivestimento anti riflesso, qualità ECCELSA
      Reviewed in Italy on May 11, 2019
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 77mmVerified Purchase
      Marumi è un brand nipponico davvero importante, al pari di Hoya, Haida e altri case prestigiose nella produzione di vetri fotografici. Cercavo da tempo un filtro ND che potesse soddisfare le mie esigenze Videomaking e fotografia: per il primo il rispetto della regola dei 180 gradi e per il secondo una buona qualità. Ad oggi non dispongo di multipli corpi macchina e nelle uscite di shooting mi segue la mia fedele Sony a6500 con cui produco foto e clip video.
      Dunque un filtro ND variabile ideale è molto difficile da trovare dato che tutti grosso modo degradano leggermente la qualità: color cast, perdita nitidezza e flare.
      E invece questo Marumi vi stupirà alla grande. L’ho acquistato principalmente perché spedito con Prime e mi serviva urgentemente ma una volta installato vi giuro sono rimasto innamorato.
      Il color cast è inesistente e bilanciando il bianco la differenza rispetto a senza è davvero inesistente.
      La nitidezza in foto è buonissima.
      La feature che davvero adoro è la grandissima resistenza ai flare e la totale assenza di ghosting: una lente come il 18-105f4 che non è proprio molto resistenze grazie a questo filtro è cambiata completamente!!! Degno rivestimento antiriflesso che Marumi ha applicato.
      Infine piccola parentesi sulla cosiddetta X che i variabili producono: è un effetto davvero normalissimo portandosi agli estremi della regolazione con lenti grandangolari sopratutto! È un principio ottico, ma basta semplicemente chiudere un po’ prima del max e il problema non persiste (ripeto con lenti grandangolari).
      Nel complesso promosso a pienissimi voti specie per il rapporto qualità prezzo davvero super
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    • キット
      2.0 out of 5 stars マルミ製 NDフィルター風 可変フィルター
      Reviewed in Japan on January 31, 2017
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 52mmVerified Purchase
      「DHGコーティングによりフレア、ゴーストを最小限に抑え、安定した性能を発揮します。」とのことですが、濃度を濃くするほどに、不自然な周辺減光が発生してしまって使い物になりません。安物の可変NDフィルターだと、Xのかたちにクロスするように暗くなるが、こちらは四隅から迫ってくるので、それよりはマシという程度。マルミ製品でこの程度なので、まだまだ可変NDは実用レベルに達してはいない。ただ、ちゃんと露出自体は変わるので、おもちゃとしては遊べます。おもちゃではない可変NDを求めてる方は、素直に可変式ではないNDフィルターを勧めます。
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    • JDPavon
      5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bueno
      Reviewed in Spain on August 3, 2016
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 52mmVerified Purchase
      Cristal de calidad y meyeriales muy buenos. Que sea mas grande en la parte del cristal viene genial para no viñetear.
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    • johnD
      5.0 out of 5 stars great filter
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2014
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 77mmVerified Purchase
      I bought this filter to enable me to do longer exposures in daylight. On first trial it worked extremely well. I would recommend to other photographers.
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    • Amazon Customer
      5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
      Reviewed in India on May 22, 2016
      Size: DHG Variable ND2-ND400 67mmVerified Purchase
      Good product
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