Deciding on 4x4 ND filters, budget-minded

[Nick Junkersfeld]

I've purchased a 4x4 matte box (Shoot35, very nice for the $$). I'm a bit unsure which direction to go for a set of ND's. I'd like IR filtration built-in, but the cost sky-rockets when looking at for example, Tiffen Hot Mirror ND's vs std Tiffen ND's. One possible option appears to be; buy a non-ND Hot Mirror and then a set of std Tiffen ND's and just run them together. Any opinions on this? Any insight on a good direction to go would be much appreciated. I'm not stuck on Tiffen necessarily either.

 

[Nick Junkersfeld]

Nevermind, a little search provided some good info. Didn't expect most of my inquiry to be right there :hurray:

 

[Paul Hudson]

About the cheapest 4X4 I know of. http://www.cavision.com/filters/types/cavisionfilters.htm. Quality control isn't the greatest. Some filters have a strange hue but if you send them back they will get a proper one to you.

 

[Nick Junkersfeld]

Thanks Paul, spotted those on B&H too, but after the Abelcine Hot Mirror/IRND test video... yikes, best not to skimp in this area. Going with a Formatt Hot Mirror and standard NDs. I'll have no more room for filters with that combo, but it's better than purple "blacks"!