Advice for buying a 10 stop ND/110 filter

Hi,
I'd like to buy an ND filter (some great photos by Richard Hurst on this site) but don't want to shell out massive amounts of money for somehting I mightn't use that much. The 'cheapest good solution' is what I'm looking for; if it's €30 great, if it's €50 then so be it...

Can anyone tell me where I can buy one for a reasonable price (don't mind new or second hand), what brands to go for/avoid etc?

I know nothing about them expect that B&W and Hoya are good brands but not cheap.

Cheers,
Pat.

Results like this https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/user-11709/blyth-beach-update-36823

can be got with a piece of welding glass mask for a couple of quid from ebay. Gives a horrible colour cast which needs some messing around with to be removed. But a good, cheap starting point and just the job for black and white.

Thanks but I bought one of them but not happy with it.

Have a look at:-
Premier Ink & Photographic.
Normally very competitive prices, plus excellent customer service.

Don’t know how to do the link thing, sorry.

Take care.

I'm afraid you've tried the 'cheap' option. Now you need to look at spending serious amounts of money on a decent one.

The cheapest I've seen for a while is this one. I've no idea how good/bad it is.

The biggest problem with these 10 stop ND filters is that they are not truly neutral. All give a colour cast of varying colours in varying amounts.

Personally, I think the Lee Big Stopper is the best, but just try buying one. Nobody has them in stock due to production issues at Lee Filters.

My brother-in-law uses the B&H one and has had some very good results from it.

I have the Formatt/Hitech 10x and it is plenty cheap but does give a pronounced cast. I haven't used it much ...

Since I bought it they have introduced a "pro" version - not sure what the difference is, though. I have been rather satisfied with other filters from Formatt. Square 85mm filter is 40£

Here it is!

The Lightcraft Workshop Fader 2 is a neutral density filter with variable light stopping capability. You turn the filter like a polariser and it reduces the light variably, all the way up to ND400 level. The more I got into using ND filters, the more I needed in a stack, in order to reduce the light enough. Now I only take the Lightcraft filter.
They are available from Premier Ink, where I bought mine.

I haven't heard good things about those variable faders Graham .. what is your experience after having tried other fixed stop filters ?

Dinneen : I have just bought a cheap Chinese ND400 filter and holder to try out before I splash out the bigger bucks for a Hoya or Lee. The Tian Ya ND400, Holder and two different adapters (49mm & 55mm) cost me around £30- 35.

I was just having a look at a Danish forum and the same discussion is going on. One guy gave this link to a blog - apart from that post there are some more articles concerning big stoppers. I will probably put the Formatt PRO on my wishlist for Christmas.

I would recommend the B&W ND110. Excellent results can be achieved and its not the most expensive option. If you buy too cheap, you will end up buying twice.

Regards,

Dave

Other than bulk reduction - is there any real advantage of a 10 stop ND Vs stacking multiple NDs?

Less degradation of the image AND colour cast.

Thanks John - suspected that may be the case