[Leica] Variable Neutral Density Filters - color tinting?

[Piers Hemy]

Yes, that's my experience with cheap-o VND filters. There are some that
promote their lack of colour, I think Formatt may be one such brand.

Piers

On Thu, 4 Jul 2024, 03:50 Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG, <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> In my experience, most of them tint the image magenta/purple, including Lee
> Filters (admittedly a two decade old filter). I have a couple (10 stop and
> 2 stop) of B+W Digital MRC F-Pro filters that keep this to a minimum -
> again these were purchased a long time ago (15+ years). I am sure improved
> versions should be available now.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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> On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 2:58 AM Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
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> > I have a Hoya variable neutral density filter that tints dramatically
> into
> > purple. Is this typical of all variable neutral filters or is this just a
> > bad implementation?
> >
> > Should I just fork out the bucks for a variety of ND filters or is there
> a
> > vendor who makes VNDs that don’t result in tinting?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Adam Bridge
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
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