10 Reviews: Best ND Filters for Night Photography (Dec 2023)

Large aperture for sharp and keen images. With the help of this ND filter from Andoer with its ND1000 and 10 stop density, you can capture the beauty of the night without fail. It can reduce the glare of subtle light pollutions that flew freely in the air. It can darken the light to your rewarding feeling after capturing every single pleasingness in the sky, moreover, you can have the best natural color without fail.

Very pleased with this filter. No vignetting when used with Canon 6D & 24-105 f/4 lens. Neither were there any problems with flaring or reflections. High quality filter at a budget price.

by AnnTe

NiSi Natural Night Filter is a thing for many photographers who pretty fond of taking a shot at night. Yes, during the night, everything seems dark and it is not ideal to use an ND filter. But hey, if you want to explore the beauty and what this filter can do, actually this is pretty well handling the night vibe, so you still can get the best color balance at night. Like the rest of the NiSi line, this filter is made of high quality, precision annealed, optical glass. Its surface is finely ground and polished to ensure sharpness for today’s ultra high megapixel cameras. Besides, this features double-sided and multi-layering coating, waterproof and oil resistant nano-coating to absorb the light better.

This filter is fantastic for astro photography. If used to shoot city scapes at night, be aware that white light may end up with a purplish glow.

by Glidden R. Martinez

Proper filter for the dramatic effect of cotton-like cloud in the night sky and the soft like candy streamline with glossy effect on its surface, you can create those imaginaries look by applying this filter from Zomei. Constructed with the top glass materials, the filter surely nicely built with high durability. Besides, this has an HD 18-layer double-side multi-coated, super waterproof, prevent oil pollution, dust and scratch. Pst, you need a ring holder since this is a square-shape ND filter.

I have recently purchased both the 10 stop and 6 stop 100mm ND filters. After using both filters I can't fault them in any way. Build quality is fantastic and filters come with both hard and soft cases.

by Adam Pakenham

Allows for variable light reduction from between 2-8 stops, you are free to make adaptation to the situation you are in. When the sky is too dark, you can set it to the ND2 for better-looking and a pretty handful to create a soft effect to the photos. For the shielding, this comes with a double anti-reflective coating, but with a super-thin ring, only 7mm thicknesss. And to avoid vignetting at the wide-angle lens, this filter has a special front lens, the diameter of the front lens is larger than that of the rear lens.

Item arrived quickly and was well packaged. The filter works great and helped me get some external shots that otherwise would have blown out my exposure. Highly recommended if you're working on a budget.

by John Othic

Renders a 3-stop reduction of light, this filter is made with NanoPro Multicoating on both sides of glasses. You can attach it to your camera lens with its super-slim frame that only about 3.1mm thick. There is also front threads, that’s why you are allowed to combine it with another filter such as CPL for a greater outcome. And so, you are able to catch the depths of millions of stars in the night sky. You can keep alive the memory of nature to the next generation about how beautiful our world is since its inception.

It won’t give you a nasty tint on your night photography. This filter designed by completed professional optical glasses instead of Optical resin, that’s why it is superior to filter the light including the light during the night without violating the color gradation because still it held natural beauty. Other features are it developed new Nano coating layer technology, waterproof, scratch-resistant, anti-reflective green coating, effectively prevent from oil, fingerprint, scratch, protect valued lens.

At time of this review I have had the filter for roughly 4 days.Easily my favorite attribute about this filter is the lack of 'X' problems with photos. With many variable neutral density filters you can spin the filter too far and create an 'X' unintentionally. K&F have solved this issue by only allowing the filter to twist to a certain spot so the use will not accidentally ruin any photos. The filter feels very rugged and sturdy. The portion of the filter that does not spin has grooves on it to easily hold on and twist the outer ring. Great product so far.

by L. Denali

Marumi is a brand from Japan. This filter comes in 5.0 density and a 92.000x filter factor for 16.5 stop exposure reduction. You can capture the myriad stars in the night sky without trouble, as well as you can catch the pretty aurora landscape at the North pole. This filter can also be used to photograph with a wider aperture or slower shutter speed than normally required. By slowing your exposure time or increasing your aperture, you can control the depth of the field.

Well, I had to wait until the eclipse to be sure this worked as advertised - but it did! In fact, if anything, I had trouble with shutter speeds that were too slow - in the El Paso TX are so the eclipse was only 62% covering at maximum, and yet still I was shooting my Fuji 100-400 with 2X TC at about 1/170 second using ISO 3200 (and setting the camera to -3EV underexposure)

by Robert

Uses two polarizing layers to control the amount of light that coming through the filter, the density is 0.45 to 2.7 f-stop. At its minimum effect, the filter passes 1/3 of the light in a scene. That is equal to 1.5 stops on the aperture or shutter speed. At it, maximum effect the filter passes just 1/400 of the light in a scene. For other stunning features, this ND filter uses high-quality optical glass from Hoya Corporation, the world’s largest optical glass manufacturer. Undoubtedly, it held a high-quality products, but with a super affordable price than the rest.

Excellent filter, I recommend

by MARVIN A

Moment is brand new for this field. They combine many aspects that have been lacking in each ND filter that had been used by them. For this type of ND filter, you are allowed to savor the beauty of nature as well as the art of photography to create gorgeous wedding photography. These variable ND filters are available in 2-5 stops and 6-9 stops. To add up to its stunning feature, the filter rings are precision machined from aerospace-grade metal, delivering the durability we expect when shooting.

For the most part, I've compared many ND filters before making my decision but this filter competes with some of the best filters out there. I highly recommend this ND filter

by Brandon

This Variable Neutral Density filter from Platinum is compatible with most 67mm, 58mm, and 52mm lenses. It can reduce the light that can blind your camera lens. The reducing effect is helpful to get you to always operate the camera with the highest rate of aperture, so you don’t neglect the sharpness and the depth-in-filed aspect of your image. It reduces incoming light between 1 and 8.6 f-stops.

This is a all around great filter to have in your bag of goodies. What I really like about this filter is the fact that you have multiple filters all rolled into one. This filter gives you between 1 and 8.6 f-stops which covers most anything that I shoot. This works well for those long exposures with flowing water, makes for some really nice effects. Also, the aluminum frame makes for a hassle free operation and the dial on the side is easy to read.

by fortytin