Jun 30, 2014 17:56 | #1 I bought a bag full of old camera stuff for a whopping $20, mainly for the couple of MF Minolta lenses, and among all the miscellaneous stuff there was a Hoya 67mm NDX4 filter in perfect shape. Ex-Canon shooter. Now Sony Nex.
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drumsfield Goldmember  1,601 posts Likes: 27 Joined Oct 2009 Location: Bethesda Md More info | Jul 01, 2014 09:10 | #2 I like to use my ND filter when shooting in a crowded area during the day to blur out the people (sometimes I pop on my CPL to make it darker). You can also use on landscapes it during the day to smooth out the sky a little. I never use a GND since you can shoot in raw and use the GND tool in lightroom. Canon 5D MkIII | Olympus OM-D | Olympus E-P2 | 16-35L MKII | 24-70L MKII | 70-200L MKII | 85L MKII | EF 50mm 1.4 | EF 100mm 2.8 | 100-400mm L MKII | 20mm 1.7
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Jon Cream of the Crop  69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | Jul 01, 2014 11:11 | #3 A two-stop ND? It'll let you get a shallower DoF and/or slower shutter speed than you might otherwise even at lowest ISO setting. For instance, you might be outside doing portraits and want to use fill flash; 2 stops might be what you need for a shallow DoF while remaining within flash sync speed limits. As drumsfield said, you can add a CPL to the ND for a bit more light attenuation. Jon
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Down_Shift Goldmember 1,316 posts Likes: 3 Joined Apr 2006 More info | Jul 02, 2014 22:17 | #4 i use my ndx4 with my 135L when I want to strobe and I don't have HSS.
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golfecho (I will regret that)  More info | Jul 12, 2014 14:05 | #5 Down_Shift wrote in post #17008532  i use my ndx4 with my 135L when I want to strobe and I don't have HSS. I also stack it with other ND filter's sometimes. It's a good small one to add. you definitely got it for a steal if you that was in a bunch of random stuff for $20! Check out this thread:
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? I know the idea is to lower the light by 2 stops, but I can't think of many scenarios other than running water in bright light. I wish it was a GND. Anyway, any cool ways to use this ?