Light Pollution Filter For Nikon Dslr

Haida 77mm nanopro mc clear night filter absorbs yellow sodium vapor light.

Light pollution filter for nikon dslr. The best light pollution filters make it possible to capture pin sharp astro images even in a city. The filter is designed to clip over the camera s sensor and is made with schott b270 optical glass coated using ibad technology including an anti smudge nanocoating. Svbony telescope filter 1 25 inches uhc filter astrophotography to improve the image contrast reduces light pollution 1 25 inch 4 2 out of 5 stars 88 28 99 28. This light pollution filter has been around for a long time and is a favorite among amateur astrophotographers shooting with a modified dslr camera.

The cls ccd version unlike the cls version includes an additional ir layer for cameras that have had the stock uc ir cut filter removed during modification. In fact i have not used another filter that performed as well as this one as it produces improved image quality over every other filter i have tested. Taiwan based filter maker stc is offering an astro multispectra clip filter for several full frame nikon dslr cameras aiding photographers in filtering light pollution during astrophotography sessions. Although the astro multispectra filter is marketed as a filter for astrophotographers i wanted to find out if this filter is any good for so called nightscape shots too.

It s wavelengths matched my nikon dslr quite well. B w 77mm uv ir cut mrc 486m filter blocks 88 of uv light at 380nm 95 of ir light at 700nm. The light pollution emitted by street lamps illuminated signs houses cars and everything else that makes a city what it is will usually make it so you an barely spot a single star in the sky never mind constellations planets or anything else. Cyclops optics is one of the resellers.

Light pollution from the earth enters your frame. The hong kong based company cyclops optics is selling light pollution filters for nikon full frame cameras. Slr magic 77mm image enhancer filter prevents infrared light pollution. Astrophotography filters are necessary for capturing the astral objects in the sky if you try to capture the night sky without using filters you will see a very muddy and grainy image this is down to a number of reasons.

This clip filter was made by stc and not by cyclops optics. Of all the filters i have used this was one of the best light pollution filter for dslr astrophotography i could find.