Nuetral Density Filters, when and how much?
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Bought one yesterday to have a play. Who is using them and how/why/what/when? :/
Thanks.
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Don't have one but is probably on my very long to-buy list, along with mega-DSLR and ultra-bright lenses
Supposed to help reduce the amount of light coming into the lens which can be useful in a few situations - such as on a sunny day when you want a slow shutter speed (e.g. making water blur in a river)
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They allow you to user a wider F/stop and slower shutter speed than the conditions dictate.
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and slower shutter speed than the conditions dictate let you shoot blur running waterfalls on a bright day
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I have a graduated ND, the top half is grayed out... lets you shoot without blowing out the sky.... never used it though LOL.
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Thanks guys, now for some good weather and a waterfall or two.
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Thanks Adam,
I did get one , it is an ND8, should give me about 3 stops.
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Some good basic info here too.
http://www.dvdreamtime.com.au/catalog/in...ath=73_114
The X400 gives 9 stops, thats a lot of stops!
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I was at the library studying, then it just *magically* happened that I was sitting at the same row as the photography books.
So I went to have a look, and started reading a book on filters
Does using coloured filters still apply to digital photography? LIke, a yellow filter so you can see the sky? It was an interesting book! After the first few chapters I just flipped through the rest because I had to get back to study.
I think the X400 would be good for really long exposures,
as the page says, its for solar eclipses! oo
" It can also be used to achieve super slow shutter speeds in daylight to render moving subjects invisible.." I saw an example of this in the book today, very cool! one shot they showed how it look with fast shutter speed, then the next was a long exposure with ND filter, and the once busy intersection now looked like a ghost-town.
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Awesome, I think I will have to save up for an X400 as well then, sounds amazing. :o
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