8 Best Camera Lens Filters For Each Type To Buy

Updated on June 13, 2023 in Photography by Nishant Shrimali

After learning about the best camera for product photography, let’s look at the lens filters that can ease your studio work. There are various professional types of camera equipment to enhance photography. A camera lens filter is among those professional pieces of equipment.

Here I am sharing the 8 Best Camera Lens Filter To Buy (best of each type) that you can get for yourself. Before that, here is a quick summary of What camera lens filters are? You can even jump to the list if you already know what you are looking for.

What are camera lens filters?

Camera Lens Filters are transparent or translucent glass (or resin), that is, attached over the camera lens to block or filter certain types of color or light entering the lens.

We use camera filters to either enhance the colors, reduce the intensity of light entering the lens, minimize the glare and reflection, and other similar filtration of light.

Because we are physically stopping the light from entering the lens the quality of the image is not compromised.

In simple words, you can understand a Camera lens filter as sunglasses for a camera lens. Harsh lights are filtered, making it easy to focus, helps us see better, and they are found in various shades and materials.

8 Best Camera Lens Filters To Buy

Concepts Ultra Slim Filter

This Concepts Ultra Slim Filter is a Neutral Density camera filter that is used to reduce the amount of light entering the lens. It is among the best neutral density camera filter that you can buy in the market today.

The filter comes with adjustable settings that allow you to choose the density of the filter itself. You can adjust the setting from 1 to 9 and choose the setting the effect that best suits your scene.

Moreover, due to its ultra-slim property, it helps in reducing the vignetting at a wide-angle lens. You also get microfiber clothes that help you clean the lens with ease.

Tiffen UV Protection Filter

This Tiffen UV Protection Filter is among the most useful filter that you’ll be using regularly with your lens. It is a protection filter that blocks the UV rays and protects your lens from dust, and scratches.

You can easily mount it on your lens to protect it during regular use, and save your lenses from any wear and tear.

Neewer Color Lens Filter

The Neewer Color Lens Filter is a kit of 9 color lenses. These are the lenses that are used to filter some color, enhance some color, and used to change the camera’s white balance.

The kit comes with 9 pieces of 58mm color filters, 2 filter pouches, and a cleaning cloth. The filter is made of plastic and metal.

Amazon Basics Circular Polarizer Camera Lens Filter

The following Amazon Basics Circular Polarizer Camera Lens Filter is a lens that dramatically enhances the color, reduces the reflection, and enhances the contrast.

As a photographer, the lens can be used for various purposes like intensifying the sky, reducing the reflection, and during product photography. 

Close-Up Filter

The Close up filter kit consists of 4 pieces namely, +1, +2, +4, & +10. This filter act as an additional lens that you can’t mount over the existing one. With its help, you can easily focus on closer surfaces and take macro and close-up shots.

Soft-edge Graduated Neutral Density Filter (GND)

The Lee Soft-edge Graduated Neutral Filter Set includes 3 sheets of filters 0.3, 0.6, and 0.9 Filters. These filters are can’t be directly mounted on the lens, and hence you can use a Filter Holder to ease your work.

The soft-edge Graduated Neutral lens filters are used in the shooting landscape where the horizon isn’t clear.

Hard-edge Graduated Neutral Density filter (HND)

The Lee Hard-edge Graduated Neutral Density Camera filter is used to shoot and bring high contrast to a scene. You’ll mostly use it where the sky is brighter than the foreground. 

Here too, you’ll have to use a Filter holder to place it on your camera.

Reverse Graduated Neutral Density filter

The K&F Concept 100X150mm Reverse GND Lens Filter is used to capture beautiful scenic views and landscapes. Unlike other GND the Gradient starts from the middle and extends towards the end. This helps in capturing the perfect sunsets, without dealing with direct and inconsistent light in the frame.

Bonus Read

If you are a beginner who is just getting started with a camera lens filter, the above list might be something to think about, previously, we have shared an in-depth guide on camera lens filters that you can refer to learn more about the filters.

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