The best gear is the gear you use. The color cast of this variable nd filter is strong but it’s not nearly as bad as other filters. Build quality is good and the bag it comes with is high quality.

The a7iii does a great job of correcting the white balance, getting rid of the blue hue that sometimes shows up in pictures. I'm just a beginner in photography, and it's just a hobby i enjoy. Tiffen is the film industries standard for a reason.

Two corners of the image are significantly darker than the others. In the upper left corner it starts affecting the image when it is dialed in at less than 60%. It leaves some kind of dark purple blotch in the entire center of my photos. The color cas...  Read More

This filter is only useable at 2 to 5 stops. The transition from min to max is not consistent. It jumps to about 7 stops.

The knurled ring is too heavy for my sony rx100 m4. They say that all variable nd filters have this proble, and i should only use it zoomed way in. At wide angle it produces an x right in the middle of the picture.

Main complaint is that every time you take it out it tends to be full of static and lint. Almost unusable on the strongest end of the filter. Excellent build quality but to me this isn't usable.