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CabbyArrant

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diea anyone on here use ND filters for photography? I want to get a set of them and some recommendations would be good. I've seen quite a few cheaper sets but the goods ones I e hard about cost a lot of money.
 
I used a ND filter for some time, you could adjust how dark/light you wanted it. Kinda a weird/cheap contraption. That broke.

I bought a cheap gradient ND filter (really fun) for landscapes (sunsets, sunrises primarily) Also broke.

Soon I am going to drop some $ on some nice Lee Filters or somethings similar.

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You could drop the money on some cheap ones to play around with. That's my suggestion, you don't need to spend upwards of 200-300 on them if you're just learning.
 
before you spend your money, watch this video (
) to see how easy it is to get almost the same effects as a nd filter with a little photoshop, you can effectively get way sharper images because you dont have to crank up your iso to compensate for the light you are losing. the video will explain this concept much better than i can
 
13677448:speedyswapper34 said:
before you spend your money, watch this video (
) to see how easy it is to get almost the same effects as a nd filter with a little photoshop, you can effectively get way sharper images because you dont have to crank up your iso to compensate for the light you are losing. the video will explain this concept much better than i can
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the reason I want them is because I want to do some long exposure stuff during the day while using my sharpest apature such as f8 rather than f22 which causes defraction.If I use ND filters I don't need to compensate for ISO because I compensate with my long exposures.
 
13677527:CabbyArrant said:
the reason I want them is because I want to do some long exposure stuff during the day while using my sharpest apature such as f8 rather than f22 which causes defraction.If I use ND filters I don't need to compensate for ISO because I compensate with my long exposures.
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Just get some cheaper ones to play around with for a while. Shooting daytime waterfalls is one of my favorite things to do with them.
 
13677661:AltitudeFoto said:
Are you talking just the glass, or the mount as well?
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I have a GenusTech matte box lite that I am selling as well that holds the glass but I don't have a 4x4 mount for photography
 
13677527:CabbyArrant said:
the reason I want them is because I want to do some long exposure stuff during the day while using my sharpest apature such as f8 rather than f22 which causes defraction.If I use ND filters I don't need to compensate for ISO because I compensate with my long exposures.
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just a heads up you should get a couple to stack to make darker with my .9 I find myself sometimes still going to f16 which I hate to do just to get down to 1/4 second shutter on lakes in harsh midday sun.

13677639:AltitudeFoto said:
Just get some cheaper ones to play around with for a while. Shooting daytime waterfalls is one of my favorite things to do with them.
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mine as well love making the water look smooth and cascading. I agree with altitude here get some cheaper ones, get the tiffen kit that comes with 3 different densities. Fairly cheap good glass still considering its tiffen and I haven't found a reason to upgrade yet. Sure if you forget to dial in your white balance sometimes you can get a slight color cast nothing a quick fix in photoshop wont take care of.
 
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