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Polarizing filters test 2015

1 November 2015
Szymon Starczewski

22. NiSi Wide Band PRO MC C-PL

Polarizing filters test 2015 - NiSi Wide Band PRO MC C-PL

NiSi is a young Chinese company specializing in photographic filters. They were launched on the market not long before the publication of our first test. It’s worth checking whether their brand name competitors have anything to worry about.



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Results of the test

Transmission and extinction coefficient

Polarizing filters test 2015 - NiSi Wide Band PRO MC C-PL

  • Red color extinction coefficient: 2.06e-2; Score: 0.5/4
  • Green color extinction coefficient: 4.06e-4; Score: 3.5/4
  • Blue color extinction coefficient: 6.27e-3; Score: 1/4
  • Mean transmission of the whole spectrum: 41.55% Score: 3/3
    Score: 8 / 11 pts
Flares

Polarizing filters test 2015 - NiSi Wide Band PRO MC C-PL
Without filter

Polarizing filters test 2015 - NiSi Wide Band PRO MC C-PL
With filter

Score: 7.5 / 7.5 pts

Scattering

Polarizing filters test 2015 - NiSi Wide Band PRO MC C-PL

  • Luminance: 22.43
    Score: 4.72 / 5 pts
Vignetting
  • Vignetting difference: 2.49%
    Score: 4.17 / 5 pts
Homogeneity

Polarizing filters test 2015 - NiSi Wide Band PRO MC C-PL

  • Small streakiness
    Score:4 / 5 pts

Final score: 28.4 / 37.5 pts (75.6%)

  • Overall ranking: 6th place
  • Econo-ranking: 7th place

Design, usage and summary

The filter makes a better impression than the DUS version. A screwed-on ring with a marker of polarization azimuth (the false reading by about 10 degrees could have been smaller). It works with a bit of uneven resistance but its parts fit well together and the surfaces are covered by broadband MC coatings which are relatively easy to clean. The filter is produced in Japan.

A flat spectrum characteristics in the visible spectrum. Good mean transmission and the extinction coefficient for the middle of the spectrum, a bit worse on both ends. Like in the previous model the filter becomes translucent quickly in infrared.