Cheap ND Fader ($24) - is it worth it?

Zomei $24 ND Fader: geni.us/GAbH [Amazon]
Make sure you get the right size for the lens you want to use it with.
Variable neutral density filters can get really expensive, so I'm looking at a really cheap one today.
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[@gayathrakrishan]

your way of presentation and how you show us the way filters work amazing.

[@TommyCallaway]

Thanks!!

[@StirfriedGerman]

I bought the exact same Zomei ND for outdoors in January, it works well and costs about $14 here (I'm in China). Nice review :)

[@DamirSpanic]

Thank you. Very helpful review.

[@WatchThatFirstStep]

I purchased the Zomei variable ND filter about six months ago and I like it. I had never used an ND filter before so the price and flexibility of the product was very attractive. When you're still learning I believe it's okay to use training wheels and the cheap filter helped me with my long-exposure photography.
In the future I may step up to a series of fixed ND filters, but I'll keep the variable for video.

[@MrVuePeter]

That was a good review bro! Thank you. I just ordered nd filter too. Can’t wait to test! From California as well. Haha

[@TommyCallaway]

Thank you! Enjoy it man. It makes a huge difference in those bright situations.

[@anthonycongiano8890]

Thanks for the video! Quick question, all along the 1 to 2 minute mark there is extreme vignetting in the upper right corner, is that the way the filter performs or where you holding it in front of the lens and mistakenly causing that to happen?

[@anatolyivanov890]

Thanks. Really never heard that this cross at max values is normal for every variable ND filter. I thought I got broken one or just low quality. Nobody tells that even $600 filters have the same issue.

[@DigiDriftZone]

Indoors trying to film in our office, the LEDs cause visible flickering in the video, unless the shutter speed is set to 1/25 (1/50 or higher has flicker). I set ISO to lower and aperture to f1.4 to get the nice bokeh, but the image is over exposed ever so slightly. I'm thinking adding this ND fader will help solve that - do you think it's a good or bad idea?

[@SimonZellox]

Should I use this kind of ND fader to get from 1/150 down to 1/48? Is that gonna work at the minimum setting?

Great video! But do you need to use the 180º rule for a slow video take (not slow motion) in the woods, where there's no fast movement? Will we see any difference at all between 1/60 and 1/400, while shooting calm trees and leaves on the ground?

[@TommyCallaway]

Consider those rules guidelines. If you don’t have an ND filter, shutter speed or aperture will probably need to be the sacrifice.. Knowing all the rules gives you the knowledge on which ones to break. Faster shutter speed is usually my first go to without an ND.

[@MrBooojangles]

What is it like doing long exposure photos. Do they leave a colour cast or not. That is what I am trying to find out.

[@dmgfilmproductionandphotog1567]

How to know if the zomei nd filter i bought was original?

[@DarrylSyms]

That outro made me laugh 😂😂😂

[@MrXZiLE]

What aprature you at when you tested this outside?hows the sharpness?

[@TommyCallaway]

My aperture was around 1.8 I believe. Sharpness was great, using the sigma 18-35.

[@MrXZiLE]

I have one of this and it did not have the x pattern at the max settings,then i bought another one and it has a x pattern.weird had to return it.maybe the x pattern is a manufacturing issue

[@MrXZiLE]

My first one is completely fine at max settings everything is even if i turn it a couple mm past max it just revert back to lighter gradually with no x pattern

[@contatofelipesoares]

@@MrXZiLE What is your exact model? I want without the X pattern.

[@adrianzaharia8885]

ND feeder

[@seaniwu]

Like because of the quantum physics

[@giovcarrillo4222]

Would you recommend these for 4k recording?

[@TommyCallaway]

Absolutely

[@dmgfilmproductionandphotog1567]

@@TommyCallaway wow thats good news.. This is better than fotga nd filter

[@Japhb]

you sounds like you're sayin "ND Theatre". lol! but all good!

[@boomboom4941]

i thought it was just me hahah

[@omphileneo]

😆

[@detonator6]

It sucks alright. Vignetting and crossing like crazy.