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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 320378" data-attributes="member: 12827">I have a Hoya 3 filter (2x, 4x and 8x) set in 72mm for my 180mm f/2.8 and 85mm f/1.4 and a 72-62mm stepdown ring for my 105mm f/1.8. I also have a set of larger rectangular filters, again 2, 4 and 8x for the Hasselblad. They can come in very handy doing outdoor portraiture on bright days. I don't like to stop my Nikkors down more than 1 or at most 2 stops to keep the depth of field minimal. Since I use a wireless flash synch outdoors for fill flash, I also have to stay below 1/200 sec. I could not do it without an 8x ND when shooting at the beach. Like any filter, going &quot;cheap&quot; will have a negative effect on the image quality. The set of Hoya's were about $100 but they are top notch in quality and are all multicoated.&nbsp; My rectangular ones are plastic, but are also of a very high quality. The only downside for them is they are not coated yet I have not seen any problems with flare when using them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 320378, member: 12827"] I have a Hoya 3 filter (2x, 4x and 8x) set in 72mm for my 180mm f/2.8 and 85mm f/1.4 and a 72-62mm stepdown ring for my 105mm f/1.8. I also have a set of larger rectangular filters, again 2, 4 and 8x for the Hasselblad. They can come in [I]very[/I] handy doing outdoor portraiture on bright days. I don't like to stop my Nikkors down more than 1 or [I]at most[/I] 2 stops to keep the depth of field minimal. Since I use a wireless flash synch outdoors for fill flash, I also have to stay below 1/200 sec. I could not do it without an 8x ND when shooting at the beach. Like any filter, going "cheap" will have a negative effect on the image quality. The set of Hoya's were about $100 but they are top notch in quality and are all multicoated. My rectangular ones are plastic, but are also of a very high quality. The only downside for them is they are not coated yet I have not seen any problems with flare when using them. [/QUOTE]

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