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How do welder's glass shades translate to stops when used as an ND filter?
I've been inspired by this to try using Welder's glass as an ND filter.
For welders' glass, they use values of "shade" from about 4 up to 11 or so. I know 11 is really dark. Does anybody know if ...
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ND filter vs stopping down for long exposures?
To achieve long exposures in daylight, one might need to stop down, or use an ND filter. By stopping down, the depth of field increases, but at some point the image quality/sharpness will suffer, due ...
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Neutral Density Filter for a 58mm filter diameter
I am planning to get a Neutral Density Filter for one of my lenses (58mm filter lens). But I am new to filters and clueless on the parameters to check for before I could select one.
I recently ...
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Is there any difference between using camera filter and photoshop like software postprocessing?
I can shot using filters such as UV/CPL/FLD or I can get similar effect using software filters in picassa/photoshop etc.
Is there special features that can be achieved with post processing?
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How can I take full advantage of a soft step graduated ND filter with a crop sensor?
I have a Singh ray 2 stop Graduated ND with soft step. I find it very difficult when I uses it with my Canon 17-40 f4L lens on my Canon T2i, which is a crop sensory body.
Since it is soft step, I am ...
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How do I chose a vari-ND fader filter without color cast?
Masters,
I would like to buy a vari-ND fader. I have maximum $70 for it so i can't buy the high end faders.
I try to get every information about:
POLAROID 67MM NEUTRAL DENSITY VARIABLE FADER
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Screw-in or square filters in the field?
I currently carry a circular polarizer and a screw-in 4X ND with me in the field. I've decided it's time to upgrade my filters, because there are too many times when I really need an 8X ND (or more) ...
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Why am I getting dark spots with my Singh-Ray 77mm vari-ND filter?
I've been using a Singh-Ray vari-ND with my Panasonic GH1, and I'm seeing obvious dark spots in the image. On a lower setting the left and right side of the image have dark lines and when I go to a ...
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Can I take pictures of the sun without damaging anything? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can the sun damage the camera sensor? Under what conditions?
.. and by that I mean not damaging :
my eyesight
my camera
my lens
I imagine a proper ND filter could ...
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What are neutral density filters and how do I use them to create long exposures in daylight?
I've seen a few related posts on the site but nothing specifically on this point:
I'd like to be able to take long exposure photos during daylight (like the examples in this Flickr group). I'm told ...
