Leica28 Posted July 1, 2020 Share #1 Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) I see on the Leica store they are offering this filter for pre-order so I assume it is a brand new product. Aside from the obvious advantages and uses of any polarizer, how do you suppose a 6 stop filter would be useful? Edited July 1, 2020 by Leica28 update Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 1, 2020 Posted July 1, 2020 Hi Leica28, Take a look here Leica Breakthrough 6 stop polarizer filter. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Herr Barnack Posted July 1, 2020 Share #2 Posted July 1, 2020 Can you provide a link? I looked at Leica Store Miami's website and it doesn't seem to be there. A 6 stop ND filter would be useful for shooting at maximum aperture with low ISO in bright light, like direct sun. I have a B=W -3 and -6 ND filter for both my Q2 and Noctilux. Not something I use a lot, but good to have in the bag for when the need arises. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica28 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Thanks for your reply. The more I think about it and with your comment, it sounds like a combo polarizer/ND filter in one. I don't use ND filters because I don't do long exposure scenes. So this is something I probably would not get a lot of use from since I already have and use a polarizer. Edited July 1, 2020 by Leica28 update Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica28 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted July 1, 2020 https://leicastoremiami.com/cart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted July 1, 2020 Share #5 Posted July 1, 2020 Thanks. I just pre-ordered. The combo of a 6-stop and CPL seems like a really good idea to me. Often photographing water I want to also use a CPL to remove reflections and specular highlights. Breakthrough Filters are very high quality I’m told so I expect this to be a nice addition to my filter stack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted July 2, 2020 Share #6 Posted July 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Leica28 said: https://leicastoremiami.com/cart Link says "Your cart is empty" buy I did find the page for these filters: https://leicastoremiami.com/pages/search-results-page?q=breakthrough+photography&page=1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica28 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted July 2, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) 2 hours ago, Leica Guy said: Thanks. I just pre-ordered. The combo of a 6-stop and CPL seems like a really good idea to me. Often photographing water I want to also use a CPL to remove reflections and specular highlights. Breakthrough Filters are very high quality I’m told so I expect this to be a nice addition to my filter stack. Hmmm....now you have me thinking about getting one. Thank you very much!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroo2012 Posted July 2, 2020 Share #8 Posted July 2, 2020 I have a Tiffin "neutral density filter" which is 2 polarisers in one mount. Crossing the polarisers has the same effect as an ND filter. I have not measured the density but will do that. Kangaroo 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelatino Posted July 2, 2020 Share #9 Posted July 2, 2020 When 2 polarisers are perpendicular, is light fully (100%) stopped? I am referring to "variable" NDs that several brands produce (Tiffen , Heliopan, B+W...) with 1 to 5 or 6 or 8 stops. I assume in these filters rotation of one polariser/the second is not permited to 90° so full occultation doesn't occur. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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