Didymium Light Pollution Filter for Night and Astro Photography - The best gift for you and your loved ones 🎁
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Check out How it improves your pictures!
Feedback from @Alex Mcgregor
Newest Feedback about the light pollution filter from Steven Barnes IG@mrratdotcom in September 2024
Unprocessed images comparison Without Filter VS with Filter
Without the filter at 400 ISO
With the filter at 800 ISO (the filter blocks about 1 stop of light)
Processed image with filter
Nice Comparison between Without and With the Filter:
Feedback from @Glen Tillyard
Without Filter
With Filter
Dimension
Filter Type: Light Pollution Filter
Diameter: 82 mm
Thickness:
Glass only:2 mm
Glass with the ring: 5.5 mm
Material: Didymium glass with multi-coating
Weight: 23 g
How to Choose a Suitable Adapter ？
How Does MSM Light Pollution Filter Work？
This light pollution filter is made of a special glass called didymium glass, with multi coating
This filter can significantly reduce the transmission of light from sodium vapor and mercury vapor lamps, which are mainly located in the range from 575nm to 600nm wavelengths, please refer to the chart below. Sodium vapor and mercury vapor lamps, commonly used in street lighting and industrial lighting, emit yellow and orange lights from the ground to the sky, ruining the nightscape views and pictures. So light with wavelengths from 575nm to 600nm is the main cause of light pollution.
This filter is able to greatly block the wavelengths from 575nm to 600nm, helping the camera get the correct color of the night sky and landscape. With the help of the filter, the images with the right color can also save a lot of bother from after-processing.
FAQ
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Usually using light pollution filters requires about 1 f stop of increased exposure. What is the difference on exposure time when using this filter?
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The filter removed the yellow light pollution color cast but the rest of the image wasn't noticeably darker so I would say certainly less than one stop.
Customer Reviews
This filter and the optional adaptor kit mean that I have a good light pollution filter that fits all my lenses except for an ultra-wide fast one with a bulbous front element. Although I live in a rural village, this is a Bortle Class 5 location now (it used to be Bortle 4) and I have new urban connurbations within 10Km that severely impact the night sky. As much of this is from street lighting, I wonder at the public and private waste of energy to light the night sky, particularly as the UK has to import 15% of its electricity!
I have been seeking Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS which, for anyone living above latitude 50ºN, has been a low early evening object in our southwestern to western skies. Having found it, it certainly was not bright enough for viewing with the naked eye due to light pollution even when using any reasonable magnification. I fitted this Dydimium filter to my Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 lens and managed several reasonable shots of it.
Obviously any filter will reduce the overall level of light reaching your camera sensor and I would suggest that you add +0.66 EV if using a full frame camera (such as my Nikon Z6ii) or +1.33 EV if using an APC-S (cropped) sensor. This avoids increasing the exposure time as that could introduce blurring of stars that were previously sharp.
Preorder Didymium Light Pollution Filter for Night and Astro Photography - The best gift for you and your loved ones 🎁
I bought the kit with all adapters. The filter is great and I have had no trouble using it on various thread sizes. It's great to only buy the one filter! I see a noticeable difference in my photos.
Very good tailored for the dslr sensors, excellent results
Well constructed filter. The addition of filter size adapters was nice.
I ordered the filter back in early December 2023 and still to this day haven't received it. I reached out to Support and haven't heard back. Reached out on a social media which I shouldn't have had to do. At this point, just want a refund and loved this site but if its going to be like this. I'm thinking twice about ordering anything else.
Excellent filter ideal for controlling light pollution in various night sky locations.
I shoot most of my Milkyway photos in Joshua tree, ca and there is a visible light pollution from the nearest town. This filter helped to neutralize the pollution. It’s good to have it in your arsenal.
Definitely cuts down on light pollution. Works in most cases to reduce the amount of light pollution from almost any area. Nothings as good as a completely dark location, but this helps.
Didymium Light Pollution Filter