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Century ND Graduated filters are part clear and part color. They are designed to be used in professional matte boxes or with Schneiders 4x4 Filter Holder, so that they are readily positioned at the exact angle required to create desired effects.

Century Graduated ND and Century Black Frost filters, designed to provide a wide range of photographic effects, work well with improving the skies, Century Warm Skintone Enhancers work well with foliage and skin tones. They can be combined with each other, or with other filters, to provide a virtually limitless range of breathtaking effects.

Soft or Hard Edge? Century filters only come in SE grad for hard edges, Schneider 4x4 filters have the full range Century and Schneider use the following abbreviations with graduated ND filters: HE = Hard Edge SE = Soft Edge

The Century ND gradual Filters only come in a SE Edge. If you need other edges Schneider makes both soft-edge and hard-edge Graduated ND and Color filters. visit this 4x4 ND filter page Typically soft-edge filters are used with wide to medium-angle lenses because these lenses have greater depth of field. Hard-edge filters are preferred for use with telephoto lenses or for bold transitions.