I did some initial casual test yesterday. We went to London Southbank and I thought of taking the Hadia filer with me and see if I get a chance to shoot. I also took my new Benro IT25 Tripod to test it.
It turned out more of a family funtime than taking photos. Anyway, I managed to get a couple of shots in a casual manner much to the annoyance of my family setting up the whole thing.
I misjudged the shutter speed compensation by 10 stops and landed up somewhere around 12 stops. Should have used the known formula. The light was low and hence I used F6.3.
I am adding two pictures I took, but before that my first impressions on Haida 10 stop as this is my first filter of this kind.
Good points
The colour shift is very minimum and has a very mild bluish tinge. This is excellent considering the reviews and videos I have seen from other filters. Very impressed. Less work on pp.
Ns apparent sharpness or resolution loss and I am quite impressed
Attaching the filter is easy. I am using a step up ring and 72-77 mm on my 24-85 VR lens
Not so good - well, don't have any so far on limited testing.
Other observations
1. Was expecting a better box to carry, but not much to complain.
2. There is some vignetting, but that is common from what I have seen with these kind of filters. The effect is not bad and can be easily fixed.
WIll shoot more images and post later.
Now pictures. Bear in mind these are just casual shots and due to shutter speed calculation mistake, I underexposed by around 2 stops, so had to bump exposure adding bit of noise.
1. Without the Filter
ANI_4268 by
Anirban Acharya, on Flickr
2. With the 10 stop Haida ND
ANI_4274 by
Anirban Acharya, on Flickr
3. Another shot with the 10 stop Haida ND
ANI_4275-2 by
Anirban Acharya, on Flickr