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Five stops, five clicks, and no X

NiSi True Color VND, 82 mm, 1 to 5 stops, no X

One to five stops in five clicks with no X effect, a coating sold on neutrality and vignetting-free use at 16 mm — the variable ND that trades range for quality, at 186 €.

NiSi True Color variable ND filter with its knurled ring and click-stop markings

NiSi True Color VND, 82 mm, 1 to 5 stops, no X

One to five stops in five clicks with no X effect, a coating sold on neutrality and vignetting-free use at 16 mm — the variable ND that trades range for quality, at 186 €.

Strength
1 to 5 stops, in the title — deliberately HALF the range of the 29 € K&F here, and the restriction is the point. A variable ND misbehaves at its extremes; stopping at five keeps the filter inside the range where two polarisers still darken evenly
Notations given
A THIRD system: ND0.3 to ND1.5 in optical DENSITY, alongside stops in the title. Density is logarithmic — 0.3 is one stop, 1.5 is five — and it is the notation used on cinema filters. Between this page, the K&F’s ND2-400 and the stop figures, this shelf carries three ways of saying the same thing, which is why the hub above asks which notation is given
Fixed or variable construction
VARIABLE with FIVE DEFINED CLICK-STOPS, in the second bullet — and clicks are what a variable ND usually lacks. A continuous ring cannot be returned to the same setting twice; five detents mean the third stop is the third stop on every shot of a sequence
Thread size
82 mm, in the title — the largest thread in this catalogue, and the size the buying advice above says to buy for and step down from
Stated colour cast
ADDRESSED DIRECTLY, alone on this shelf: the first bullet says the exclusive True Color coating prevents the yellow cast common to other brands and guarantees absolutely neutral reproduction with no colour falsification. On a variable ND the yellowing at strong settings is the defect people complain about, and this is the page that names it
Coatings
UP TO TWENTY anti-reflective layers, in the third bullet, with double-sided water- and oil-resistant coatings. Fewer than the thirty the NEEWER polariser on this site publishes; more than the unnumbered coating of the 29 € K&F here
Frame thickness
NOT PUBLISHED as a figure. What the fourth bullet gives instead is the engineering: a LARGER FRONT THREAD to avoid vignetting at 16 mm, and a matt black interior to absorb stray light. Sixteen millimetres is a specific, checkable claim, where the K&F here says not below 35
Amazon reference
B09K57XSZS (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
6972949372941
  • No X effect, stated explicitly — the failure a variable ND is known for
  • Five defined click-stops, so a setting can be returned to exactly
  • One to five stops, half the range of the 29 € K&F

Best for: Video and wide-angle landscape work where the filter has to stay neutral, return to a known setting, and work at 16 mm.

≈ $245 / £178 / 186 €
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Specifications

Strength
1 to 5 stops, in the title — deliberately HALF the range of the 29 € K&F here, and the restriction is the point. A variable ND misbehaves at its extremes; stopping at five keeps the filter inside the range where two polarisers still darken evenly
Notations given
A THIRD system: ND0.3 to ND1.5 in optical DENSITY, alongside stops in the title. Density is logarithmic — 0.3 is one stop, 1.5 is five — and it is the notation used on cinema filters. Between this page, the K&F’s ND2-400 and the stop figures, this shelf carries three ways of saying the same thing, which is why the hub above asks which notation is given
Fixed or variable construction
VARIABLE with FIVE DEFINED CLICK-STOPS, in the second bullet — and clicks are what a variable ND usually lacks. A continuous ring cannot be returned to the same setting twice; five detents mean the third stop is the third stop on every shot of a sequence
Thread size
82 mm, in the title — the largest thread in this catalogue, and the size the buying advice above says to buy for and step down from
Stated colour cast
ADDRESSED DIRECTLY, alone on this shelf: the first bullet says the exclusive True Color coating prevents the yellow cast common to other brands and guarantees absolutely neutral reproduction with no colour falsification. On a variable ND the yellowing at strong settings is the defect people complain about, and this is the page that names it
Coatings
UP TO TWENTY anti-reflective layers, in the third bullet, with double-sided water- and oil-resistant coatings. Fewer than the thirty the NEEWER polariser on this site publishes; more than the unnumbered coating of the 29 € K&F here
Frame thickness
NOT PUBLISHED as a figure. What the fourth bullet gives instead is the engineering: a LARGER FRONT THREAD to avoid vignetting at 16 mm, and a matt black interior to absorb stray light. Sixteen millimetres is a specific, checkable claim, where the K&F here says not below 35
Amazon reference
B09K57XSZS (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
6972949372941

On the listing

Five bullets. An exclusive TRUE COLOR coating preventing the yellow cast common to other brands and guaranteeing absolutely neutral reproduction with no colour falsification; no “X” effect, offering five fixed stops from ND0.3 to ND1.5 and allowing the filter to be turned step by step without the feared X; multi-nano coatings, up to twenty anti-reflective layers for low reflection, with double-sided water- and oil-resistant coating; no vignetting, thanks to a larger front thread that avoids vignetting on 16 mm lenses, with a filter frame whose matt black interior absorbs stray light and reduces glare; and a knurled aluminium frame, precision-made and light, whose knurled edges give better grip for easy mounting and removal.

Five stops, and that is the argument

Half the range of the 29 € filter beside it, on purpose. A variable ND behaves badly at its extremes; stopping at five keeps it inside the range where it behaves at all.

Five clicks, so the setting comes back

A continuous ring cannot be returned to. Across a sequence or a panorama, the exposure has to match — and detents are the only way it does.

The X effect, named and refused

Two polarisers turned against each other make a dark cross on a wide lens. One page on this shelf warns you off the lens; this one says it engineered the problem out.

Sixteen millimetres, checkable

A specific focal length rather than a claim of no vignetting. The 29 € K&F says not below 35 mm, which is the same honesty in the other direction.

A third way of writing density

ND0.3 to 1.5 here, ND2-400 there, stops on both. Three notations on one shelf, which is why the hub above asks which one a page gives.

Availability

Between 186 € and 219 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was last checked.

The American and British Amazon stores carry it too, priced in local currency. Those amounts are deliberately absent from the range above, which reads euro stores only.

Everything in this section is the figure Keepa carried on the day of the last update to this page. Availability and prices shift without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 13 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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  • K&F Concept variable ND filter with its knurled trapezoid-patterned ring

    K&F CONCEPT 67 mm variable, ND2-400, 1 to 9 stops, 7.4 mm

    One to nine stops on a variable 67 mm filter for 29 €, in Japanese AGC glass — from a page that tells you not to fit it to a lens wider than 35 mm.

    Strength
    1 to 9 stops, in the title and the first and fourth bullets, named for long exposures and motion blur in changing light. Nine stops turns a 1/250 second exposure into two seconds — the difference between frozen water and a smooth sheet
    Notations given
    BOTH, in the title: ND2-400 and 1-9 f-stops. The two notations describe the same thing from opposite ends — ND2 passes half the light and ND400 a four-hundredth — and publishing both saves the arithmetic. The hub above asks for exactly this, and the 186 € NiSi here gives ND0.3-1.5 instead, a third notation again
    Fixed or variable construction
    VARIABLE, and both filters on this shelf are. A variable ND is two polarising layers rotated against each other, which is why it costs less than nine separate filters and why it has the failure the hub above warns about at the extremes
    Thread size
    67 mm, in the title
    Stated colour cast
    NOT ADDRESSED. The second bullet claims intense colours and high contrast from Japanese AGC glass; neutrality is never claimed and no cast is denied. On a variable ND that is the specification most worth having — the 186 € NiSi here sells its True Color coating precisely on preventing a yellow tint
    Coatings
    Not counted. Japanese AGC glass is named in the second bullet and no layer count appears, where the same maker publishes eighteen layers on its UV and polarising filters
    Frame thickness
    7.4 mm, in the third bullet, described as very slim with a CNC trapezoid pattern that raises friction so it can be fitted or removed anywhere. Seven point four millimetres is thicker than any polariser on this shelf, which is inherent: a variable ND holds two rotating elements
    Amazon reference
    B09BCJ6N8G (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6936069271669
    • Two notations published — ND2-400 and 1-9 stops — so no conversion is needed
    • A published 7.4 mm frame with a CNC pattern for grip
    • No colour cast claim either way, on a variable ND

    Best for: A 67 mm standard or telephoto lens used for long exposures in changing light, where nine stops in one filter beats carrying four.

    ≈ 29 €
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Elsewhere in the camera bag

  • PROfezzion 58 mm circular polariser with its rotating ring and case

    PROfezzion 58 mm CPL, twelve layers

    Twelve coating layers on a 58 mm circular polariser for 16 € — from a page whose fourth bullet gives the thread as 52 mm and explains where to check it.

    Thread size
    58 mm in the title — AND 52 mm in the fourth bullet, which says the filter fits any lens with a 52 mm thread. The same bullet then explains, usefully, that the correct size is printed on the lens after a ⌀ symbol. The title and the part number PF-58CPL agree on 58; the bullet is the odd one out, and the ⌀ on the lens settles it
    Type
    CIRCULAR, in the title and throughout. The hub above treats circular versus linear as the first question: a circular polariser keeps autofocus and metering working on a modern camera, and a linear one does not
    Light loss stated
    NOT STATED. A polariser costs light — commonly one and a half to two stops — and no page on this shelf publishes the figure. The hub above asks for it in stops, and four filters here leave it out
    Coating description
    TWELVE layers, multi-coated, in the third bullet, credited with reducing reflection and named for outdoor and landscape work over water, sky and plants. The same count as the maker’s UV filter on this site
    Frame thickness
    Not published — where the same maker publishes 3 mm on its UV filter. On a polariser the frame is necessarily thicker, because it has to rotate, and that makes the missing figure more significant rather than less
    Rotation mechanism
    Not described. A polariser is used by turning it, and how the ring turns — knurled, geared, stiff, smooth — is the whole ergonomics of the thing. The 28 € NEEWER on this shelf describes straight knurling and smooth rotation; this page is silent
    Amazon reference
    B093247YD6 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6940202350500
    • Twelve multi-coating layers, on named Japanese glass in an aviation-aluminium frame
    • A bullet that explains where the thread size is printed, after the ⌀ symbol
    • The title says 58 mm and the fourth bullet says 52 mm

    Best for: A 58 mm lens used over water and foliage, where twelve coating layers for 16 € matter more than a published stop figure.

    ≈ $16 / £13 / 16 €
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  • NEEWER 67 mm CPL filter showing its knurled rotating ring and case

    NEEWER 67 mm CPL, 99.9 per cent, 30 layers, 5.9 mm

    Thirty coating layers, reflection under 0.1 per cent and a published 5.9 mm magnalium frame — the only polariser here that describes how its ring turns.

    Thread size
    67 mm, in the title and the fifth bullet, supplied with a protective case and a cleaning cloth
    Type
    CIRCULAR, in the title, built on what the first bullet calls an imported polarising film. Circular is what keeps autofocus and metering intact, as the hub above explains
    Light loss stated
    NOT STATED — no figure in stops, as on all four polarisers here. What this page does publish is the other side of the transaction: 99.9 per cent of reflections from non-metallic surfaces eliminated, and a minimum light reflection of under 0.1 per cent off the filter’s own surfaces. Both are real numbers; neither is the exposure penalty the hub above asks for
    Coating description
    THIRTY LAYERS of polarising film on both sides of the filter, in the second and third bullets — the highest count on this shelf — with four properties named: water-repellent, oil-repellent, antistatic and scratch-resistant. The same bullet claims ultraviolet blocking from 300 to 380 nm, which is a stated waveband rather than a vague claim
    Frame thickness
    PUBLISHED, and in two parts: an ultra-thin 5.9 mm frame in MAGNALIUM ALLOY, plus a 3.8 mm front bezel that the fourth bullet says effectively prevents vignetting on wide-angle lenses. The 18 € K&F here is thinner overall at 5.3 mm; this is the only page that separates the frame from the bezel
    Rotation mechanism
    DESCRIBED — alone on this shelf. The fourth bullet gives black anodised threads with precision machining for effortless installation, and straight wheels for smooth rotation. A polariser is operated by turning it, and this is the one page that treats the turning as a specification
    Amazon reference
    B09HGHKN2R (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0191073121478
    • Thirty coating layers, with reflection under 0.1 per cent and a stated 300-380 nm UV band
    • The only description of a rotation mechanism on this shelf
    • No light loss in stops, as everywhere on this shelf

    Best for: A 67 mm lens whose polariser gets turned constantly — landscapes, water, glass — where a smooth ring and a wipeable coating earn the extra 10 €.

    ≈ $26 / £23 / 28 €
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  • PGYTECH Snaplock square Arca-Swiss plate in black aluminium

    PGYTECH Snaplock, Arca 38 mm, square profile

    A square Arca plate at 15 € that mounts from any direction and names the 38 mm clamp it is cut for — with no dimension and no weight published anywhere.

    Profile
    Arca Swiss, named in the title and the second bullet, which goes further than any other page here: it states compatibility with 38 mm Arca-Swiss clamp bases. The hub above warns that the dovetail is a shape rather than a published standard, so naming the clamp width is the nearest a listing gets to precision
    Length
    Not published. The fourth bullet describes a square form allowing orientation adjustments in any direction, and no millimetre figure appears — which on a plate whose selling point is its shape is a real gap
    Screw type and drive
    A 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch screw, in the title and the second bullet, which claims a patented screw design that sits firmly and prevents the loosening problems common with conventional plates. The drive itself — coin slot, hex or D-ring — is not named
    Anti-twist provision
    Addressed obliquely. The patented screw design in the second bullet is aimed at loosening rather than rotation, and no lip, pad or body-specific shaping is described. The square profile itself resists rotation once clamped, which the page does not say and the geometry does
    Stated clamp compatibility
    38 mm Arca-Swiss clamp bases, named in the second bullet, with the third listing the systems: Sony, Canon and Nikon bodies, reflex and mirrorless, and phone mounts. The second adds tripods, monopods, stabilisers, sliders and handheld accessories
    Material
    High-grade aluminium alloy with a corrosion-resistant surface, in the first bullet, named for durability in demanding outdoor conditions
    Published weight
    Not published. The fifth bullet calls it small and light and easy to transport, and gives no figure — where the Rollei two places down publishes 45 g
    Amazon reference
    B0932P4KGM (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0843225110303
    • The 38 mm clamp width named, which is as close to a standard as this profile gets
    • A square profile, so the plate can be clamped in any orientation without unscrewing
    • No dimensions at all, on a plate sold on its shape

    Best for: A camera that moves between a tripod head, a gimbal and a slider, where the plate has to drop into a 38 mm clamp from whichever side is convenient.

    ≈ $15 / £15 / 15 €
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