The Tiffen 58mm 0.3 Neutral Density Filter reduces the amount of light passing through the camera lens without changing the color of the scene. They are especially useful in bright light conditions to help prevent overexposure. Neutral Density filters also allow proper exposure at a wider lens opening for reduced depth-of-field to highlight a key subject by making the foreground and/or background out of focus.Features: Eliminates overly bright, washed-out imagesBalances exposureControls depth-of-fieldAllows slower shutter speeds to produce blurred motion effects