After looking around for a good quality 10-stop ND filter, I bought a Breakthrough Photography 82mm Pro3 ND1000 filter start of this year.
I had followed various news topics, kick-starter information and posters threads about Breakthrough on CR and DPR as well as other websites.
I bought my Breakthrough filter through BHPhotoVideo as I needed to purchase some other items at the same time (and I live in Australia, BHPhotoVideo do consistent, reliable shipping – as I have experienced in the past).
My take on the initial customer service issues was that there were some heated disagreements between one (or more) Breakthrough staff and some disgruntled customer/s, due to some production run and quality control issues. I am not pointing a finger of blame in any direction, but it appears that there are also other customers who have been very happy with both the product and customer service.
I wrote to a CR forum member who is involved with Breakthrough Photography, and he was courteous, not pushy and interested in my take of use of the filter.
I must say I am very pleased with the 82mm ND1000 (10-stop) filter from Breakthrough Photography. It has almost entirely colour neutral (for all practical purposes it is) – and is very sharp, and my copy is very well built.
Here are two photos, a 30 second exposure and a 70 second exposure I took in the first few days of having it.
Regards,
Paul 8)