Hoya 58mm PROND EX Neutral Density Filter Kit with PROND EX 8, PROND EX 64, PROND EX 1000

An essential tool for any photographer or videographer, the 58mm PROND EX Neutral Density Filter Kit is a comprehensive collection of the three most popular and crucial ND filters: PROND EX 8, PROND EX 64, and PROND EX 1000. This kit is specifically designed to cater to the growing interest in slow shutter photography, a genre that offers unique and artistic ways to capture the world around us.

The HOYA PROND EX Filter Kit is an indispensable asset for both amateur and professional photographers, as well as video content creators. It includes the PROND EX 8, PROND EX 64, and PROND EX 1000 ND filters, each offering different expressions and control over shutter speed or aperture, depending on the photographer's intent.

These filters are the result of HOYA's extensive experience and sales data from selling millions of ND filters worldwide. They are considered essential for achieving three commonly used expressions in photography.

The PROND EX filters are high-tech products designed for both still photography and HDSLR videography. They feature HOYA's exclusive clear optical glass with a metallic coating on both sides, reducing almost all light spectrum ranges, including the IR area. This ACCU-ND technology ensures a truly neutral color balance without adding any noticeable color cast to your images.

Each filter in the HOYA PROND EX Filter Kit features a precisely developed thick aluminum frame to prevent light leakage, ensuring correct exposure and color balance.

The PROND EX 8 (3-Stops) filter is perfect for shooting with fast lenses at wide open aperture during the daytime, ideal for portraiture at shallow depth of field. It's also recommended for capturing night trails, fireworks, and lightnings.

The PROND EX 64 (6-Stops) filter is excellent for capturing objects in blurred motion during the daytime, a feat that cannot be achieved with camera settings alone. It's recommended for landscape, city snapshots, video, and other photographic genres.

The PROND EX 1000 (10-Stops) filter is the key to creating an unreal fantasy world with its 10 stops reduction of light. It's widely used in seascape photography to blur waves, street snaps to apply cloud motion, and architecture photography to erase moving people.

In video production, the PROND EX filters are irreplaceable. For instance, when shooting with a Sony camera in Slog mode, the ISO cannot be set below 800. To achieve natural motion, the shutter speed should be adjusted to the frame/rate setting. During the daytime, the PROND EX 8, PROND EX 64, PROND EX 1000, or a combination of these filters can help achieve cinematic quality.

The choice of ND filters depends on the photographer's vision and the desired effect in the image. If a single ND filter doesn't satisfy the photographer's vision, a combination of PROND EX filters can be used. For instance, combining PROND EX 8 + PROND EX 64 equals an ND500 filter effect, perfect for creating an unreal fantasy world. Similarly, combining PROND EX 8 + PROND EX 1000 equals an ND8000 effect, allowing you to capture the surface of the Sun without overexposure, with solid color and visibility of the black spots.