Neutral Density Filters

• My VND filter causes a blobby X in my photos

  You are seeing the “X Bar Effect” which happens with all VND filters when shot at dark densities and wide focal lengths due to optical physics.  There is nothing wrong with your filter, you are just operating outside of the known parameters for this filter.  Lighten your VND density, zoom in with...

• What do Neutral Density filters do?

  Neutral Density filters allow you greater control over how much light enters your camera.  Limiting the amount of light entering your camera allows you to shoot long exposures on a tripod, over time any moving element in the photo will blue (water, clouds, etc), this provides a sense of movement ...