Hoya 77mm Neutral Density ND-400 X, 9 Stop Multi-Coated Glass Filter
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Pam C : will the 77mm thread filter work on a sigma 10-20mm lens?JEFF K : Yes. The thread size on the Sigma is 77mm.EDWARD K : That, it will. I would, however, recommend the Lee Big Stopper/Lee Foundation Kit over the ND 400.
I own 3 of the ND400s in various sizes for my lenses and love all of them, but I prefer the Lee system for ease of use. For me, being ale to slide a filter on after composition and metering is so much more convenient than having to unscrew/screw the filter on.
That said, the Hoya ND400 is one fantastic filter for the price.PETER W : Yes if you mean Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSMNORMA P : The Hoya filter is a 77mm in diameter and the sigma 10-20 lens takes an 82mm diameter filter. The Hoya 77mm will not fit the Sigma 10-20 lens, but the Hoya Pro 82mm 500x neutral density 9 stop should work for you. Click this link <a href="http://www.adorama.com/HY82ND500.html" target="_blank">http://www.adorama.com/HY82ND500.html</a>
Shopper : What does it mean 400 X?STEVE L : Hello,
The technial answer can be foung at
Wikipedia search for: Neutral_density_filter
The simple answer is that the ND-400x filter is a very dark neutral grey filter. It requries you to increase exposures by 9 times as in a 1/1000 sec becomes 1/2 sec. It can make daylight resembel moonlight or totallly fuzz out the movement of water. For example a river with this filer on a sunny day will look a little odd with all waves or motion blurred to a mist.
The filter is ND 2.7 in the scientific community.
I have one and like to use it for surreal effects in lanscapes.TOBY T : 400X refers to the amount of light reduction in straight linear fashion. The ND400 is a 9 F-stop reduction in light. The F-stop is not linear but multiplier reduction so it is not a straight count for light reduction. The filter works great for slowing water shots or using in bright light where you want to reduce light reduction and use wide f-stop for background blur.EVAN I : Actually Hoya refers to the filter as the NDx400; not sure why it's listed as ND-400 X on some sites. The higher the "x" number, the darker the filter (and the less light transmitted), but the numbers must correlate to some metric used by Hoya. The "x" number doesn't refer to something as simple as "1/x times the light transmitted."
What's important for the user is that the NDx400 reduces light by 9 stops or over 500 times, making it almost black. This will allow you to shoot scenes in bright daylight by leaving your shutter open for long periods.ALLAN W : As far as I know it's a brand name, nothing special about it.RUDY D : I think it is just a name but it might be the equivalent f stop. Hoya makes a N32 that is a 5 stop ND filter and N64 that is a 6 stop filter so nine and ten stops might be 400 and 1000 "f" stops but the math should be 512 and 1024??
Hope that helps
Shopper : I have a 28-300mm zoom that I am considering this filter for but I don't know how to choose between 2X, 4X, 6X, etc. I use the lens for wildlife photography.
Suggestions?THIBAULT R : this filter is NOT adapted to wildlife photogrpahy. It is meant for long exposure. You want a lower attenuation, but that depends on the aperture of the lens you'll use.PETER W : It depends on how much light reduction you need. 2X is 1 stop, 4X is 2 stops etc. This is 9 stops usually reserved to stop moving water or remove moving people from a scene. It's really a specialty item and probably too much for wildlifeTIBOR G : I personally wouldn't use this filter for wildlife, because this filter is very dark. The idea of ND400 is that you can take slow shutter pictures (below 1/10s) in sun light.
For wild life photography you need high shutter speed, because your subject most probably won't stand still while your are taking a picture. If you have a bright lens (f2.8, f1.8, f1.4), and you want a very shallow depth of field you can use an ND filter when there is plenty of light. However, I wouldn't go for more then 4X, because you wouldn't be able to take pictures fast enough.EVAN W : The 400x filter for very specific uses, and won't be used as often as the others. Keep in mind, you won't be able to see anything through the viewfinder when using this filter, its that dark. You should think about how long of an exposure you would like to obtain. The 400x can let you get a 30" exposure in bright sunlight. If that's not needed for you, a 6x filter should be just fine. I love my 400x, it's wonderful, I just don't get to use it as often.DEBORAH M : I have the same lens and use the 2x for bright days and a combination of several for long exposure shots. The 400 I use exclusively for long exposures.ROBERT L : Neutral density filters reduce the amount of light coming through the lens. The higher the number, the darker the filter, and the more the light is reduced. There uses include being able to use a larger aperture in bright light, thus decreasing depth of field and yielding a blurred background. Also, being able to use a slower shutter speed to blur motion in an image, for instance giving flowing water a creamy appearance. I would think both of those effects would be counter productive for wildlife photography. Anyway, that's what they do, and what the numbers indicate.JEFF K : This nine stop filter is a great tool for getting the blurred, soft looking waterfalls and clouds or to see swirling patterns in water. Another function is to make tourists "disappear" with long exposures when photographing in busy areas. Tripods are a must with this filter and focussing can be tricky because of all the light that gets knocked down.JEROME BLAHA J : The ND filter only cuts down the amount of light coming into you camera so that you can take slower shutter speeds with the same ISO + F/stop combination. It would be good to have a reason why you are purchasing this ND filter. In other words, do you want longer shutter speeds at low ISOs to make a stream or the ocean look soft with 30 second exposures or are you just trying to cut down the light coming in from bright snow?
Your 28-300mm lens can probably take pictures just fine in bright light by increasing the shutter speed to something faster. If you have washed out highlight (white areas) in your photo, then simply dialing down the +/- exposure to a negative number will take care of that, which most cameras will handle by decreasing the ISO or increasing the f/stop to reduce exposure.
To choose an ND value, you really need to know how many stops of light that you would like your ND filter to reduce. If you take a photo of a water fall as 1/60th of second, ISO 100, and f/5.6 but really wish that you could have taken it for 2 Seconds, then you would need 9 stops in light to go from 1/60 to 1/30 to 1/15 to 1/8 to 1/4 to 1/2 to 1 to 2 to 4 to 8 seconds. Searching for a 9 stop ND filter will give you a part number of ND-400.
As a side note, your auto-focus WILL NOT work through this many stops of light, so pre-focus first in manual focus and then screw on the ND filter before taking your shot.EDWIN B : Hi,
Neutral density filters are made to decrease the light let into the camera allowing you to slow your shutter speed in bright situations or to keep your shutter speed the same a decrease your f-stop for desired effect. Decreasing the light too much won't allow you to keep your shutter speed fast enough to "stop motion" and get crisp infocus wildlife photographs. I fear that a 9 stop ND filter will cut out too much light. Actually I don't fear it, I know it will. The 2X or 4X is going to work much better for wildlife photography. Hope that helps to send you in the right direction.
Regards,
Edwin Bull Photography GREGORY C : The only reason to use such a filter on wildlife would be to get a shallow depth of field, which can help blur a distant background and help isolate our subject. You might need a 1x, 2x or 3x for bright light situations where you need a shallow depth of field. The 9x would be for smoothing out water like the ocean, lakes or streams and clouds in the sky.GREGORY C : This would not be a filter I would use for wildlife photography as you want a fast shutter speed to freeze the motion of the subjuest. It is more useful with landscape with water that you want to smooth out or give a silky flowing motion to as it allows for longer shutter speeds.STEVEN G : I definitely would not recommend the 400x 9 stop Hoya filter for you wild life photography. I would assume that you want as much light coming into your lens as possible to achieve a faster shutter speed with wild life. That being said, I would suggest perhaps the 2x, or the 4x. This 400x Hoya filter is so dark that you can not see through the lens in order to focus your camera. It works great for me as it allows me shoot long exposures in the middle of the day. Hope that helps. JIANYUAN Z : For wildlife you don't want a slow shutter speed, so you won't need any ND filter. By the way for most wildlife photograph the 28-300 isn't long enough.STEVEN R : You do not need a filter for wildlife photography. A filter will reduce light and lower your shutter speed.JEREMY R : For wildlife photography you want your shutter speed to be fast so that you can freeze quick animals in motion. A neutral density filter is going to make the shutter speed slower. It is the type of filter you would use to make headlights on cars streak or make water seem flowy.MAUREEN J : Good Evening,
I haven't been able to use the filter for health reasons. So sorry I cannot be of help to you. I have read some reviews and professional photographers opinions on the filter, and they liked it, also they suggested using the 3 stop filters and stacking them. Doing that you would have a wider range of use for the filters. Hope this helps.
C. Jones
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2017-05-11T11:28:46
Rated 5 out of 5
Beauty In Nature
Nice motion and composition!
Jim O.
2016-10-28T23:56:55
Rated 5 out of 5
Good value
Excellent filter
STOYCHO S.
2014-04-05T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Case Study: Hoya NDX400 Red Haze Mystery
This is my second review and I am correcting the first one. It turned out that the red haze appearing on the image is cause by a light leak from the viewfinder. So I tried covering it with my black gloves. All images are shot at f/22. Those images with the silky smooth water flowing without the red haze are the ones wherein I covered the viewfinder. Thanks to a friend of mine who gave me the tip and heaven sent, genius extraordinaire Jim Ramsay!
jon
2013-10-06T21:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
Does what it's supposed to
I've used this product a couple of times at the beach. Was able to get a nice blurry effect of the water. The only thing you need to watch out for is to not touch the filter directly with your fingers because it will make it harder to remove the spot. The glass is very delicate and easily dirtied.
Hrkljus
2013-06-17T21:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
Hoya 77mm Neutral Density ND-400 X
Still learning how to use the filter but I love the possibilities it affords for water effects.
STEPHEN S.
2013-04-22T21:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
Great for long exposure on a sunny day
Really helps me achieve the long exposure shots when the sun is shining bright
John
2013-03-26T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Excellent For Slow Shutter Water
The density is enough to provide a really long exposure even in brighter conditions. This is excellent if you like a slow shutter on moving water. Double check your focusing with Live View. I also find that I need to double and sometimes triple the exposure time the meter comes up with (e.g. use 6 sec instead of 2 sec). My best results are at iso 100 to keep long exposure noise to a minimum.
RCHARD C.
2013-03-26T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
No loss light reduction
I expected that any additional glass in front of my lens would degrade the image quality. but after a long hike and may waterfalls later I think this is one of the best things I ever bought. images have no detectable color cast or loss of sharpness and still max out the resolution of my 5D mkII sensor. The example photo was taken with Canon 28-70 f2.8L 15 sec exposure f7.1 ISO100
Mark
2013-02-04T19:00:00
Rated 2 out of 5
Look around before you buy
This product was not helpful at all
DAVID F.
2013-01-21T19:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Hoya 9 stop filter
This filter is great. I found the need to prefocus the lens and then put the filter on. Also important to shoot in complete manual mode. Provides shorter times than my buddy's 10 stopper, but it's about 2/3 the price. Great value
MICHAEL H.
2012-12-22T19:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Great for special effects, very useful!
I love this ND filter, Its another handy tool that every photographer should have in there camera bag...Im happy to say that I DEFINITELY got my moneys worth. One tip when using the ND filter, make sure you cover the viewfinder.
Aral's P.
2012-12-18T19:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Never get better
I've been using the same filter but of a smaller size 67mm on Nikon D90 and 18-105mm lens, when i upgraded my gear to Nikon D800 and 24-70mm 2.8 i bought the 77mm filter to fit the new lens. And it turn out its as good as the smaller size. A gr8 ND filter to get long exposure shots in the mid of the day.
Ammar S.
2012-12-16T19:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Best ND Filter I Have.
I uesd to take long exposure without ND filter and not satistied. When I ordered this filter with Adorama and tried it the first time the photos I made are very satisfactory. It is affordable, and durable. The only hard thing is you have to focus then attach the filter to get a sharp image.
NELSON S.
2012-05-27T21:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
ND-400 Review
I bought it for the eclipse on the west coast. It worked well but it was still not dark enough to do a timelapse. I will now use it for daylight Landscapes to smooth the water and clouds.
RUDY D.
2012-05-23T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Outstanding Value
Be warned! This is an extemely dark ND filter. I purchased it to photograph dams and such that are in direct sunlight and it works perfectly for that situation. Might be TOO DARK for subjects under a thick forest canopy.
Ender84
2011-11-12T19:00:00
Rated 3 out of 5
Quality Control issue
The glass element popped out the first time i used this filter. Sent it to Hoya for repair under warranty. They replaced it but the washer that holds the glass element in place is warped. This isn't the only filter that weak construction was an issue.
monochromatics
2011-10-02T21:00:00
Rated 2 out of 5
functional but poor construction
First time I go out to use it, the metal washer, or fitting, or whatever it is called, that is in place to hold the glass in place, begins to unravel. How much did I spend on this filter? No, it shouldn't fail me the very first time I use it. Hoya definitely has a quality control issue--this has happened to other filters, but at least those other filters lasted a while before it started to happen. The only reason this product is receiving two stars instead of one is because, if the construction were sound, the glass element itself would perform perfectly. Hoya address your quality control issues.
JASON M.
2011-09-22T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Great extreme density neutral filter
Great for long exposures. Highly recommended!!
Thibault R.
2011-09-22T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Great extreme density neutral filter
Great filter. You can't make a mistake with this one!
Thib
2009-02-21T19:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Great for special effects...
Perfect for long exposures, extremely bright shots, or losing people/vehicles/etc in landscape shots. Not everyone needs this, but if you this is a valuable filter to own.
78Staff
2008-07-22T21:00:00
Rated 5 out of 5
Very useful, absolutely no problem
I use for long exposures in very bright conditions and it works very well
moszkito
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About Hoya 77mm Neutral Density ND-400 X Multi-Coated (HMC) Glass Filter
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Best ND Filter I Have.
By NELSON S.
I uesd to take long exposure without ND filter and not satistied. When I ordered this filter with Adorama and tried it the first time the photos I made are very satisfactory. It is affordable, and durable. The only hard thing is you have to focus then attach the filter to get a sharp image.
Great for special effects, very useful!
By Aral's P.
I love this ND filter, Its another handy tool that every photographer should have in there camera bag...Im happy to say that I DEFINITELY got my moneys worth. One tip when using the ND filter, make sure you cover the viewfinder.
Photographing solar eclipses and ultra-bright light sources can be extremely dangerous. This filter reduces light values by 9 stops to less than 1/500th of its original intensity and allows safe photography.
It can also be used to achieve super slow shutter speeds in daylight to render moving subjects invisible, and will enable you to use slow shutter speeds, especially with high speed films, to record movement in subjects such as waterfalls, clouds, vehicles, etc.
It will also decrease depth of field by allowing wider apertures to be used, which helps separate subjects from their background. And this filter allows you to decrease the effective ISO of high speed film (above ISO 400) so it can be used outdoors in bright situations.
Neutral Density filters have no effect on color balance, appear grey and reduce the amount of light reaching the film. Multi-coating minimizes reflection at the filter surfaces which reduces flare as well as ghosting.
Hoya 77mm Neutral Density ND-400 X Multi-Coated (HMC) Glass Filter Features
- Neutral Density Factor 2.7 / 400 x
- Exposure Adjustment approximatly 9 Stops
- Reduces ISO 1/500
Key Features
- Neutral Density Factor 2.7 / 400 x
- Exposure Adjustment approximatly 9 Stops
- Reduces ISO 1/500
