Hi,
Thanks for that, it was pretty much as i thought. i was just confirming :)
Thanks
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From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: Neutral Density Filter
> Paul Jones wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am wondering what a neutral density filter is for? I have a couple
that
> > just look like there the equivelant of sunglasses for the lense.
>
> Sometimes the scene is too bright for the aperture or shutter speed you
> want. You use a ND filter to reign it in. Here's an example:
>
> http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/co_stream1.html
>
> I wanted a shutter speed somewhere between 1/8 and 1/2 second to get the
> cotton candy effect. I was using velvia, but even stopped down to f/22 I
> was getting shutter speeds around 1/30 or 1/60.
>
> A ND filter would have been useful. (I ended up using an ND grad, a
> polarizer, and rating the film at 25.)
>
> > I was also curious about the neutral density gtaduated filters, do these
> > just fade from a heavier tint to a lighter tint?
>
> From tinted to untinted. The typical use is holding detail in the sky
> when shooting landscapes.
>
> tv
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