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Jan 18, 2007 18:47 |  #1

Heard that some Canon compacts have built in ND filters? What's that all about?

How does this work? Is it an actual ND Filter or is it a really narrow aperture, or a really low ISO?

Anyone shed light on this? Im just curious about it! And, any pics taken using it anypone?

Ta,


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Jan 18, 2007 19:26 |  #2

the g7 does...and i dont know what it does.



  
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Jan 19, 2007 09:30 |  #3

Many of the G-series have this. It's not a small aperture; that would have side effects; AFAIK it also isn't a low ISO, as that would also have side effects. They're useful when you want to use a large aperture or a long shutter speed to control depth of field or motion blur in your subject; running water's one classic exampleof the latter.


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Jan 19, 2007 11:56 |  #4

Here you have a similar thread:
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=129438


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Jan 22, 2007 06:39 |  #5

sando wrote in post #2563188 (external link)
Heard that some Canon compacts have built in ND filters? What's that all about?

How does this work? Is it an actual ND Filter or is it a really narrow aperture, or a really low ISO?

Anyone shed light on this? Im just curious about it! And, any pics taken using it anypone?

Ta,

ND filters are often used to reduce the amount of light hitting the sensor, so one can use large apertures (to achieve a low DOF) or/and long shutters (for subject blur) in situations of high ambience light (e.g bright sunny day) without overexposing the shot. Hence, it can't be a small aperture and I don't think it's a low ISO. Not sure how it works actually :p

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Jan 23, 2007 09:46 |  #6

It works as normaln screw-on ND filter, except it's bulit inside the camera. So when you press the button, ND filter comes over CCD :)


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