VARIABLE ND FILTERS
Nov 16, 2018
4 minutes
1 B+W XS-Pro Digital ND Vario MRC Nano
From £224/$189
Sizes: 52-82mm
THIS is one pricey screw-in filter – but maker Schneider Optics claims it’s a cut above the competition thanks to a Multi Resistant Coating. Where an uncoated filter can reflect around 4% of light, this one only reflects 0.5%, while also minimising ghosting and reflections, and repelling water droplets.
The filter is 9mm deep, not including the thread, with knurling around the fixed ring that makes it a doddle to fit and unscrew. The rotating front ring has hard stops to mark the minimum and maximum filter densities, but markings in-between don’t correspond to f-stop light reduction amounts. Rotation is smooth, with
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