Anyone shoot with nd filters? any tips?

Bring a grey card and a lot of batteries.

Just set the iso lower

>>2964272
K3k

>>2964272
its at 200 nigguh

>>2964337
Set.
It.
Lower.

>>2964337
Set it to 100.

>>2964270
this. also don't get too strong a filter, 4 stops is a good one for most situations especially if you can set iso to 50 if needed. good post processing is needed as well i find

My little cuck.

>>2964253
Focus beforehand. It's harder to focus - manually or automatically - when things get so dark.

Bear in mind that not everything looks so flattering with long exposure. If you're out on a windy day and trees are blowing around, they'll turn into a blurry mess along with the water or whatever it is you're trying to extend exposure on.

The vast majority of filters will create strong color casts on your images, even the more hallowed ones that appear to be a few steps up from $30 throwaways.

You probably don't need a 10 stop filter for whatever you're shooting, unless it's in the middle of the day, and if it's int the middle of the day the light is probably not all that great unless its overcast. For most scenes, 2-4 stops is OK, and 6 is pushing it.

Remember that ND filters are a tool like anything else, not a crutch, and that having a "cool effect" in your photographs like misty water does not inherently make them more interesting. Always pay attention to light, composition and subject as you would with any other photograph.

>>2964253
I use a vari-ND filter and step up rings so I only need one (fuckers are expensive).

Not gonna bag on your photo specifically but I'm real fuckin tired of the misty water thing.

>>2967536
Make note that vari-ND don't work with wide angle lenses and generally are pretty shit quality compared to fixed. They are useful for video work, but most of the time you don't need it in photography

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>>2967862
forgot pic

>>2964253
Stop shooting in saskatoon?

>>2964253
nd filters are good for shooting with fast lenses full open with more than 1.8.

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Tape over your viewfinder just before you shoot - Otherwise you can get square light leaks on your shot.

Also, use a piece of black card waved in front of the lens to help graduate your sky, it stops it from getting blown out.

Avoid the square filters get one that screws on to the lens to avoid infrared bleed.

Beware of diffraction when stopping down some lenses hit it faster than others and you will be more prone to it the smaller your sensor is. APS-C cams will diffract most lenses past f/8 and FF at f/11 or f/16

>>2968896
>use a piece of black card
Lol this is literally what graduated ND's are for though.

>>2968917
Good luck getting a cheap graduated ND10.

Black card cost me pennies and does the same thing.

>>2968923
Plus you can use it to cool down your Sony

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>>2964253
You don't need an ND filter.

>>2969623
this.
don't use filters, they will hide the shinyness!

>>2969623
Exactly. Personally I like to take 1000 photos and merge them, but maybe 2000 would be better?

>>2968923
this is why you fucking suck dude

>>2969793
I dont know what to say, thanks?

>>2964270
Why a grey card?

>>2967862
I was planning on getting a whole set of filters and a filter holder, mainly for my 12mm(+crop sensor). Is there any filterholder specifically for this wide?

>>2969623
shoo shoo stacks goblin

>>2969981
if your lens don't have filter thread there are solutions, but they are bulky and filters of this size are expensive
https://fstoppers.com/product/fstoppers-reviews-fotodiox-wonderpana-system-wide-angle-lenses-3732
http://www.stockholmviews.com/sigma_8-16/sigma-8-16mm-filters.html

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>>2964337

Idiot...

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>>2964253
I am doing almost exclusively long exposure ND shots. I use a 6 and a 10 stop filter, sometimes at the same time. Most of my shots are 300 to 600 seconds in broad daylight.
-The longer the shot the bigger the issue with light leak, so always stand between the camera and the sun and use tape or a hat over the camera to prevent light leak.
-The longer the shot the more hot pixels become an issue. Use digital noise reduction in camera or post process out the hot pixels.
-Always try to shoot with partly cloudy or overcast skies.
-Compose the shots without your heavy filters, then be sure to set to manual focus mode if not already before snapping the shot. Be extremely careful not to screw up the focus when twisting on the filter.
-Obviously you should be in manual bulb mode and using a shutter lock (super cheap one works fine).

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>>2971353
-I put the heaviest filter on last, which is usually the 10 stop. This helps a lot with the calculated exposure time because I can just multiply my time by 1000 to get the final exposure time.
-When going beyond 10 stops, add an extra 10-20% to the calculated exposure time.
-ND filters are really fun to use in crowded urban environments to give a desolated look to scenes because with long enough time all the people and moving cars vanish.

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>>2971353
Ive been wanting to get multiple heavy nd filters to test out long exposures, but with a shallow dof.

Have you tried that?
I cant imagine what the shutter time ends up at like f1.4 for example with nd16.

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>>2971615
For ND16, just take whatever your calculated time is at f1.4 and multiply times 16,000 and then add another 20% with the filters on. Probably only 10-40 seconds depending on time of day and your ISO. I have seen only minimal degradation in quality at ND16 but a little bit of vignetting with wide angle lenses.

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>>2971937
Sounds like a good amount, which is what im after, thanks.
Im going to have to diy something for my 12mm samyang with these filters though due to the vignetting.