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Soft Graduated ND8 Filter Plus+
Perfectly balanced landscapes
Rated 4.8 out of 5
Our professional Soft Graduated ND8 (3 Stop) Filter Plus+ provides a fixed 3 f-stop light reduction from half your image for balanced exposure and better dynamic range in soft graduated light conditions.
$65 USD
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Our professional Soft Graduated ND8 (3 Stop) Filter Plus+ provides a fixed 3 f-stop light reduction from half your image for balanced exposure and better dynamic range in soft graduated light conditions.
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DESCRIPTION
By blocking 3 f-stops of light from half your image, you can balance your exposure when the foreground is darker than the background – such as shooting landscapes in the mountains. The soft graduation creates a natural blending of light.
Our Plus+ range features 20 layers of nano-coating providing easier cleaning and better protection against water, oil, and scratches. These layers also provide a higher maximum light transmission and a more consistent transmission curve for truer light reduction.
IMPACT
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1.90kg CO2 created
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307.5kg CO2 sequestered
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162x positive impact
To find out more information about the impact of this Urth product, view our Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) report here
SHIPPING
Free standard shipping within the continental US for orders $100 and over.
We deliver with USPS, UPS and DHL express for faster and safer delivery.
Standard shipping:
US: 3-7 days.
Rest of World: 8-18 days.
Express shipping:
US: 2-4 days.
Please allow an extra 2 days for regional areas.
30-DAY RETURNS
30-day returns.
Shop with confidence knowing you can return products within 30 days of purchase.
Sale items are non-refundable unless faulty.
World's best glass
Made with world leading German SCHOTT.
Greater dynamic range
More depth and detail.
Balanced light
Soft graduation for a natural blending of light.
Lifetime warranty
Quality made to last.
No Filter
SGND8 Plus+
Capture hidden details
Greater detail and depth in highlights and lowlights
Balanced exposure
Natural blending of foreground and background light
Greater dynamic range
More balanced, detailed landscapes
Features
Professional German glass
Industry-leading German B270 SCHOTT optical glass is coated with a 20-layer nano-coating for truer light transmittance, better protection, and easier cleaning.
Ultra-slim rim
Our consciously designed ultra-slim rim avoids vignetting and our durable magnalium is guaranteed for life.
Double-threaded
All our filters are double-threaded for stacking filters or using screw-mount lens caps.
How to Use
1/3
Find your filter size
Inquisitively search lens for diameter symbol. Ø often marks the spot. The diameter you seek may be accompanied by a number – Ø58 or Ø58mm. Look to the side and the front – this precious number is your filter size. Be warned: your lens focal length (e.g. 18-55mm) is not your filter size.
2/3
Place flat and screw clockwise
Lovingly behold lens in one hand and place flat on lens. Gently screw clockwise until just firm. Do not over-tighten that which goes on must one day come off.
3/3
Align your horizon
Rotate your Soft Graduated ND8 Plus+ so the graduated half of the filter cover the brighter half of your scene. This will help you balance the light in your image so you can better expose the highlights and lowlights.
Technical Specifications
Soft Graduated ND8 Filter Plus+
VS
Hard Graduated ND8 Filter Plus+
Filter Type
Soft Graduated ND8
Hard Graduated ND8
Soft Graduated ND4
Soft Graduated ND8
Soft Graduated ND16
Hard Graduated ND8
Center Graduated ND8
Reverse Graduated ND8
Nano Coating
20-Layers
20-Layers
20-Layers
20-Layers
20-Layers
20-Layers
20-Layers
20-Layers
Grade
German SCHOTT B270
German SCHOTT B270
German SCHOTT B270
German SCHOTT B270
German SCHOTT B270
German SCHOTT B270
German SCHOTT B270
German SCHOTT B270
Density
0.9 (3 Stop)
0.9 (3 Stop)
0.6 (2 Stop)
0.9 (3 Stop)
1.2 (4 Stop)
0.9 (3 Stop)
0.9 (3 Stop)
0.9 (3 Stop)
Effect
Cuts 87.5% of light
Cuts 87.5% of light
Cuts 75% of light
Cuts 87.5% of light
Cuts 93.75% of light
Cuts 87.5% of light
Cuts 87.5% of light
Cuts 87.5% of light
Frequently Asked Questions
Why buy a Graduated ND Filter?
To perfectly balance exposure in your landscape photographs.
Graduated Neutral Density Filters have an ND coating on one half of the filter so that light is diminished across half your frame. This is so you can balance your exposure when there is a strong source of light coming from one side – like when you’re shooting in the forest, in the mountains or at sunset and sunrise. A Graduated ND Filter helps you balance the highlights and lowlights for more balanced exposure.
Who should buy a Graduated ND Filter?
Landscape photographers and anyone wanting more detail in their landscape highlights and lowlights.
Graduated Neutral Density filters filter out light across a portion of the frame allowing you to better balance your exposure and capture more detail in the highlights and lowlights. Graduated and Reverse Graduated ND filters block light across half the frame – perfect for when the background is bright and foreground is light or vice versa. A Centre Graduated ND filter is made for sunsets and sunrise or when there is a bright light at the centre of the frame. Graduated ND filters will help you better balance your exposure when capturing landscapes.
What does a Graduated ND Filter do?
A Graduated ND filters out a set amount of light from a portion of the frame.
Graduated Neutral Density filters filter out light across a portion of the frame allowing you to better balance your exposure and capture more detail in the highlights and lowlights. For example a Graduated ND8 blocks 3 f-stops of light across half your frame – perfect for when the background is bright and foreground is light or vice versa.
What does a Reverse Graduated ND Filter do?
A Reverse Graduated ND Filter helps you balance sunrise and sunset landscape photographs.
A Reverse Graduated ND Filter starts with the darkening in the centre of the frame and it fades across the top half of the frame to cut brighter light at the horizon while still capturing the details of the sky for balanced exposure when shooting sunrises and sunsets. By effectively darkening the horizon line across your frame, it allows you to capture greater detail in the highlights near the horizon and in the lowlights in the top and bottom of your landscape images.
What does a Centre Graduated ND Filter do?
A Centre Graduated ND Filter helps you balance sunrise and sunset landscape photographs.
A Centre Graduated ND Filter has a narrow band of darkening across the centre of the frame for balanced exposure when shooting sunrises and sunsets. By effectively darkening the horizon line across your frame, it allows you to capture greater detail in the highlights and lowlights of your landscape images when the light source is close to the horizon.
Finally perfectly balanced exposure in graduated light! Much better detail in low lights and high lights. Gil bought our Soft Grad ND8 Plus.
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