Kenko REALPRO ND FILTER KIT is an essential filter kit designed for amateur or professional photographers and video content creators. The kit consists of 3 ND filters – ND8, ND64 and ND1000, that allow photographers to capture the world in different expressions.
Kenko REALPRO ND64 is suggested for landscapes, city snaps, video and nature genres in sunny days to achieve shallow depth of field and apply motion blur to moving objects.
Kenko REALPRO ND1000 is designed for creative landscape and astro photographers to express an unreal fantasy world with big amount of motion blur that cannot be seen by human eye.
Why ND Filters are Important
We have already entered the era of super high sensitivity, super high resolution photographic equipment. Obviously, the power of this huge sensor can easily be affected by lenses and other optical accessories that are located right on the path of the light entering the camera. In other words, the filter quality serves as the front “gate” for the light to enter and is of the utmost importance.
In particular, ND filters have become a must for high sensitivity cameras with ISO settings that start from 200 or 100. This is the reason that ND filters currently garner a high level of attention and have strict quality requirements. Professional photographers require ND filters that decrease light volume in the most natural and harmless way.
When to use REALPRO ND8 Filter
Kenko REALPRO ND8 presents the highest quality of neutral density filters designed to be used with latest DSLR high-sensitive cameras that will allow photographers to realize photos with a shallow depth of field achieved by wide-open apertures during shiny days or in over-lighted conditions. The Kenko REALPRO ND8 filter is recommended to use in portrait, video and nature genres during shiny days to prevent overexposure with a widely open aperture and to achieve a shallow depth of field for separating the object from the background.
When to use REALPRO ND64 Filter
Kenko REALPRO ND64 presents a neutral density filter of the highest quality that is designed to be used with the latest DSLR high sensitivity cameras that will allow photographers to realize photos with a shallow depth of field achieved by a wide open aperture during sunny days or with objects that are relatively blurred. Kenko REALPRO ND64 filter is recommended for use in landscape, city snapshot, video, and nature genres during sunny days while using a wide open aperture to prevent overexposure and achieve a shallow depth of field for separating objects from the background.
When to use REALPRO ND1000 Filter
Kenko REALPRO ND1000 present the highest quality of neutral density filters designed to be used with latest DSLR high-sensitive cameras that will allow photographer to realize photos of moving objects with a big amount of motion blur. That will create a scene that cannot be seen by the human eye. The Kenko REALPRO ND1000 filter is recommended to use in landscapes, city snaps, video and nature genres to create an unreal fantasy world, although your choice of an ND filter depends of your personal preferences and work goals.
ND Vacuum Deposition Technology
To achieve the best neutrality in the world, Kenko REALPRO ND filters adopt ND Vacuum Deposition Technology. According to this technology, neutral density is realized by an ND substance that is being spread equally over the filter glass surface in a steam oven.
As a result, compared with other ND filter brands, Kenko REALPRO ND performs excellent neutrality through the complete visual light spectrum, ensuring stable color balance of the image.
IR Pollution
ND Vacuum Deposition Technology also offers the solution to the problem of IR pollution that can be a reason for concern among photographers. During sunny days with a lot of IR light in the atmosphere, long shutter speed shootings may bring color changes of black, green or dark objects what can be seen with brown or reddish tint. Thanks to exhaustive efforts of Kenko engineers, the ND Vacuum Deposition Technology underwent incredible progress in neutrality, desirable light transmittance and IR controlling performance.
Anti-Reflection Multi Coating
Sensors of digital cameras are usually more sensitive than film. For this reason, highlights can affect the image, creating unwanted effects due to light refraction inside the lens. Filters, as they are also optical elements, can make the situation even worse. That is why filters need an anti-reflective coating. Kenko REALPRO ND filters adopt anti-reflective multi coating to eliminate even the smallest chance of unwanted flares and ghosts in the image.
Slim Frame
Use with any lens and with no loss of light. REALPRO ND filters adopt an ultra-thin frame to avoid vignetting on wide and super-wide angle lenses.
Knurling Edge Frame
The frame of REALPRO ND filters is equipped with a knurling surface to prevent slipping, making attachment and removal easy and stress-free.
Black Almite Frame
To reduce the chance of any unwanted reflections to a minimum, REALPRO ND filters adopt a black aluminum satin finish almite frame. Satin finish will increase friction between fingers and frame for quick operation and the satin black frame will minimize internal reflections.
Black Rimmed Glass
To reduce the internal light reflections off the edge of the filter glass Kenko uses the technology of black rimming. The outer rim of the glass plate is treated with a specific black ink that prevents any leaking of the light.
