Hoya Filters Hoya Filter Kit ProND EX 77mm

Slow Shutter Photography and ND Filters

For the past several years, slow shutter photography has become an extremely popular genre because it provides ample opportunities to express the world around us in an artistic and unusual way. For this purpose, an ND filter appears to be a necessary tool.

Choosing the Right ND Filter

But which ND filter is better to start with? This question might arise in the minds of many amateur photographers who have decided to challenge themselves in slow shutter photography. Keeping this question in mind, we created an essential ND kit to help photographers quickly start this challenge.

HOYA PROND EX FILTER KIT

HOYA PROND EX FILTER KIT is an essential filter kit designed for amateur or professional photographers and video content creators. The kit consists of 3 ND filters - PROND EX 8, PROND EX 64, and PROND EX 1000, that allow photographers to capture the world in different expressions.

The choice of ND filters depends on the intentions of the photographer to control the shutter speed or aperture. The content of the HOYA PROND EX FILTER KIT is based on our sales data and experience of selling millions of ND filters all over the world. PROND EX 8, PROND EX 64, and PROND EX 1000 are the most essential ND filters that will help realize three expressions that we consider to be commonly used among photographers.

Technology Behind HOYA PROND EX Filters

HOYA PROND EX FILTER is a high technological product designed for still and HDSLR videography. The PROND EX filters use HOYA's exclusive clear optical glass that incorporates a metallic coating on the front and back sides to equally reduce almost all ranges of the light spectrum, even in the IR area. The ACCU-ND technology used in the coating process yields a truly neutral color balance that will not add any noticeable color cast to your images. HOYA PROND EX filters incorporate a precisely developed thick aluminum frame to prevent light leakage, thus obtaining correct exposure and color balance.

PROND EX 8 (3-stops)

HOYA PROND EX 8 is essential for shooting with fast lenses at wide open apertures during the daytime, which is perfect for portraiture at shallow depth of field. The subject appears crisp and clear against a soft blurred background. Other recommended scenes include night trails, fireworks, and lightnings.

PROND EX 64 (6-stops)

HOYA PROND EX 64 is essential for expressing the object in blurred motion during the daytime, which cannot be realized only with camera settings. It is recommended for landscape, city snapshots, video, and other photographic genres.

PROND EX 1000 (10-stops)

HOYA PROND EX 1000 is essential for expressing an unreal fantasy world thanks to its 10 stops reduction of the light amount. It is widely used in seascapes to blur the waves, street snaps to apply cloud motion, and architecture to erase moving people.

PROND EX Filters in Video Production

ND filters in video shooting are also an irreplaceable tool. For example, when shooting with a Sony camera in Slog mode, ISO cannot be set below 800. To obtain natural motion, shutter speed is recommended to be adjusted to frame rate settings. During the daytime, PROND EX 8, PROND EX 64, PROND EX 1000, or their combination (like PROND EX 8 + PROND EX 64) would be necessary to achieve cinematic quality.

Combinations of PROND Filters

The choice of ND filters depends on the photographer's intentions to achieve the desired effect in the image. In case the effect by using a single ND filter does not satisfy the photographer's vision, a combination of PROND EX filters can also be useful. For example:

• The combination of PROND EX 8 + PROND EX 64 will give an effect equal to ND500 filter, which can be used to express an unreal fantasy world.
• The combination of PROND EX 8 + PROND EX 1000 will give an effect equal to ND8000, allowing the capture of the surface of the Sun without overexposure, with solid color and visibility of the black spots.