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NiSi’s 150mm filter system is for lenses with a bulbous front element like the Nikon 14-24mm and Tamron 15-30mm.
NiSi 77mm/82mm S5 Filter Holder Screw Adapter for Nikon 14-24mm and Tamron 15-30mm
Price: R699.00 These adapter rings allow you to use the NiSi 150mm Filter Holder for the Nikon 14-24mm and Tamron 15-30mm on lenses with a 77mm and 82mm thread.
NiSi 77mm/82mm S5 Filter Holder Screw Adapter for Sigma 14-24mm
Price: R699.00 These adapter rings allow you to use the NiSi 150mm Filter Holder for the Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 lens on lenses with a 77mm and 82mm thread.
NiSi 77mm/82mm S5 Filter Holder Screw Adapter for Sigma 14mm TS
Price: R699.00 These adapter rings allow you to use the NiSi 150mm Filter Holder for the Sigma 14mm f/1.8 lens on lenses with a 77mm and 82mm thread.
NiSi 150mm Nano IRND Filters
NiSi is renowned as one of the world's top manufacturers of completely colour-neutral and vignette-free ND filters. Made from H-K9L optical proglass, it allows optimal light transmission to produce sharp and contrast rich images with true-to-life colour. Solid neutral density filters lengthen exposure by cutting out a specific amount of light. This is very useful for creative purposes, whether you want to blur a wave, waterfall, leopard or a street scene. They are available in many different densities, ranging from 2 to 20 stops, but the most popular are 3-, 6- and 10-stops. Please read the bullet points below to understand the purpose of each.
3-Stop | 0.9 | ND8 - This filter is used to add a slight blur to water before the sun has set or after it has risen. At f/16 and ISO100, it is impossible to achieve a slow enough shutterspeed to get the ideal amount of blur in the waves while the sun is up. Three stops of darkening will normally allow a shutterspeed of 1/10s to 1/2s during this golden sunlight phase, producing soft lines in the waves. Price: R4,999.00
6-Stop | 1.8 | ND64 - This filter serves the same purpose as the 10-stop, but it is better suited for sunset and sunrise. When the sun is close to setting or rising, a 10-stop ND will require a very long shutterspeed at f/11-16 and ISO100 to produce the correct exposure - often as much as 5-10 minutes. A 6-stop ND is thus much more suited for capturing long exposures of 30-60s around sunset and sunrise. Price: R4,999.00
10-Stop | 3.0 | ND1000 - This filter is used primarily for blurring the sea to a flat mist and for blurring clouds into abstract lines. It can also be used to remove traffic and people from urban scenes by blurring the moving elements. At f/11-16 and ISO100, it usually produces a shutterspeed of 20-30s in early morning or late afternoon with strong sunlight. Price: R4,999.00
15-Stop | 4.5 | ND32000 - This filter is serious long exposure territory and will produce exposures times of 1-4 minutes in peak daylight and 5-30 minutes during golden hour. Price: R4,999.00
IR Blocking - This filter blocks out unwanted Infra-red light that can cause strange colours in undesired areas and rob images of critical shadow-contrast.
Nano Coating - This filter features a super tough scratch-resistant and hydrophobic nano coating that ensures that it lasts for years. It also ensures that any rain or spray from the ocean beads properly and is easy to wipe off so you can continue shooting the sunset.
NiSi 150mm Natural Night Filters
Price: R5,499.00 The NiSi natural night filter removes unwanted light pollution in night photos by cutting out very specific wavelengths of light produced by artificial light sources. It removes all yellow light produced by sodium-vapor lamps, mercury-vapor lamps and low-CRI LED's. This ensures that night-time images are colour-accurate, sharp and rich in contrast. This unique new filter is an indespensible tool for any serious cityscape shooter.
Please note that the Natural Night filter is not compatible with the Lee holders - it slides out as there is not enough friction between the filter and the holder. You can solve the problem by applying some insulation tape to the edge of the filter, should you want to use it with your Lee holder.
NiSi 150x170mm 2, 3 & 4 Stop Graduated Nano IR ND Filters
NiSi is the only company that offers their standard graduated neutral density filters in glass instead of resin. Made from H-K9L optical proglass, these filters transmit light much better than resin, producing true-to-life colour and optimal contrast and sharpness.
Landscape photographers use graduated neutral density filters because the sky is usually brighter than the land – especially in dramatic sunset light. Graduated ND filters are dark on the top half and transparent on the bottom half. When the dark part is positioned over the sky of an image, it ‘reduces’ the amount of light allowed through that part of the frame and this results in a darkened exposure of the sky.
Graduated ND filters are available in soft, medium and hard and this determines the distance of the transition between the dark part and the transparent part. The softer the graduation, the more even the transition between the darkened area and the normal area. There are also reverse and horizon grads, which are a slight alteration.
Soft Grad –These filters are typically for scenes with a very dynamic horizon, like landscapes with trees or high mountains. Soft grads are the most forgiving and easiest for beginners to use. Price: R4,999.00
Medium Grad – Medium grads are a newer product that most manufacturers only released in 2016/2017. Many photographers often found hard grads too hard and soft grads too soft and thus it was obvious that something in between was necessary. It is also the perfect solution for photographers that don’t want to commit to a hard or soft grad. Not everyone can afford to buy the full range of these filters and the medium grads are an excellent new compromise. Price: R4,999.00
Hard Grad - These filters are typically for scenes with a straight and uniform horizon, like the sea. If a hard grad is not positioned perfectly, it will be clearly noticeable in the image as a dark line below the horizon or a bright line above it. We advise that beginners stick to soft and medium grads. Price: R4,999.00 (Please note: 4 Stop Filters pricing T.B.D)
All the different types of grads are available in different densities, because light is dynamic and different scenes require a different amount of ‘darkening’ of the sky. We stock a variety of 0.3, 0.6, 0.9 and 1.2 (0.3 = 1 stop) in NiSi's various size ranges. The most popular densities are 0.6 and 0.9, but a 1.2 is becoming increasingly popular.
0.3 (1-stop) is for experienced shooters, usually to be combined with a 0.6 or 0.9.
0.6 (2-stop) is the most popular filter as a 2-stop difference between land and sky is most common. If you shoot a sunset/sunrise the 0.6 will be the all-rounder that best balances exposure between land and sky in most directions.
0.9 (3-stop) is the ideal if you like shooting into the sunset as the 0.6 isn’t always dark enough for into-the-sun shots. The issue with the 0.9 is that it will be too dark if shooting 90-degrees from the sun or with the sun at your back.
1.2 (4-stop) is for shooting directly into a very bright sunset/sunrise.
NiSi 150x170mm 3 & 4 Stop Reverse Graduated Nano IR ND Filters
Reverse Grad – These filters serve a very niche, but useful purpose. When shooting into a bright sunset/sunrise, the brightest area is right on the horizon and then the sky darkens towards the top. When using a normal graduated ND, it will result in a correctly exposed horizon, but the top part of the sky will be far too dark. A Reverse Grad also has a clear lower half, but it is darkest in the middle and then gets lighter towards the top. This allows one to more accurately balance those exposures that are brightest on the horizon. Price: R4,999.00
NiSi S5 82mm/95mm/105mm Multiple Model Adapter Set
Price: R2,299.00 If you have two ultra-wide lenses that require different S5 holders, this adapter makes it much more economical to use the system on both lenses. You can simply purchase the adapter for your 2nd lens instead of having to get the entire system with the CPL and holder for your 2nd lens.
NiSi Filters 150mm S5 Filter Holder Kit with Landscape NC CPL
Price: R9,999.00 Welcome to the next generation of filter holders – The NISI S5 system. Until now, using filters on ultra-wide lenses has suffered from a severe limitation – the inability to rotate a circular polarizer independently of the graduated filters. While all the other manufacturers complained about the challenges of designing a holder to solve this problem, NISI Filters actually did it.
The NISI S5 filter holder is the world’s first 150mm holder that allows a circular polarizer to be rotated independently of the graduated ND filters. This offers creative freedom to optimally utilise virtually any combination of filters you desire on your favourite ultra-wide lens like the Nikon 14-24mm, Sony 12-24mm and Tamron 15-30mm.
This Filter Holder Kit fits these Models:
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8
Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8
Sigma 14mm f/1.8
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8
Sony 12-24mm f/4
Canon 17mm TS-E f/4
Nikon 19mm TS f/4
Fuji 8-16mm f/2.8
The NISI S5 system consists of 3 elements –
Single Lens-specific Adapter ring that clamps directly onto the lens
Landscape Circular Polariser with a large thread for easy mounting
150mm Filter Holder with two slots (interchangeable on different S5 adapters)
It also includes a dedicated storage pouch for all three components. One of the major advantages of the filter holder and adapter ring being split is that dark ND filters can be instantly removed on the holder in order to focus and compose. As with the 100mm V5 Pro system, the Adapter ring features two gears that allow rotation of the circular polarizer while any square filters are mounted.
NiSi Filters 150mm S5 Filter Holder Kit with CPL
Price: R8,999.00 Welcome to the next generation of filter holders – The NISI S5 system. Until now, using filters on ultra-wide lenses has suffered from a severe limitation – the inability to rotate a circular polarizer independently of the graduated filters. While all the other manufacturers complained about the challenges of designing a holder to solve this problem, NISI Filters actually did it.
The NISI S5 filter holder is the world’s first 150mm holder that allows a circular polarizer to be rotated independently of the graduated ND filters. This offers creative freedom to optimally utilise virtually any combination of filters you desire on your favourite ultra-wide lens like the Nikon 14-24mm, Sony 12-24mm and Tamron 15-30mm.
This Filter Holder Kit fits these Models:
Fuji 8-16mm f/2.8
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8
Nikon 19mm TS f/4
Olympus 7-14mm
Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8
Sigma 14mm f/1.8
Sony 12-24mm f/4 1
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8
The NISI S5 system consists of 3 elements –
Single Lens-specific Adapter ring that clamps directly onto the lens
Circular Polariser with a large thread for easy mounting
150mm Filter Holder with two slots (interchangeable on different S5 adapters)
It also includes a dedicated storage pouch for all three components. One of the major advantages of the filter holder and adapter ring being split is that dark ND filters can be instantly removed on the holder in order to focus and compose. As with the 100mm V5 Pro system, the Adapter ring features two gears that allow rotation of the circular polarizer while any square filters are mounted.