{"id":4550,"date":"2009-07-22T18:28:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T18:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/?p=4550"},"modified":"2010-08-07T19:35:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T17:35:00","slug":"loving-the-fader-nd-and-singh-ray-vari-nd-life-savers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/loving-the-fader-nd-and-singh-ray-vari-nd-life-savers\/","title":{"rendered":"Loving the Fader ND and Singh Ray Vari ND. Life savers in New Delhi!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>As you may know I have both the 82mm $400 Singh-Ray Vari-ND and the 72mm $100 Fader ND. Both of them have been brilliant on this Delhi shoot. They have changed the way I have shot stuff on the Canon 5dmkII<\/p>\n

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Before I had to compromise on shutter speed or iris to get the exposure I wanter, now I can get it exactly right with 1\/60th shutter in and as wide open or closed down as I want more or less. Also the joy is the ability to gently adjust exposure by turning the variable ND wheel on the front of the lens which gives you what is missing from still camera 35mm lenses, smooth exposure change during a shot. With these you can.<\/a><\/p>\n

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I can’t recommend them enough. All the shots came out great. I was finally able to get the shutter and exposure spot on for every shot. Tough with these Video DSLRs.<\/p>\n

The ungraded frame grabs below were done with the Fader ND or Vari ND on a variety of lenses. They only one that isn’t it the handlebar shot that was done stopped right down using a Sigma 14mm.<\/p>\n

I was getting slight vignetting on the Singh Ray on my 24mm lens but that may be because I was using an 82mm Nd with a 77mm filter size and step up ring…<\/p>\n

Is there a drop in colour reproduction or sharpness? Certainly not in video mode that I could tell….<\/p>\n

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