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Best buy, ND set or Grad ND filters?

 
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Apr 06, 2008 08:29 |  #1

Oppinions please:)




  
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Apr 06, 2008 08:31 |  #2

Way to little info. What opinion are you looking for?


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Apr 06, 2008 08:36 as a reply to  @ gjl711's post |  #3

ok soz. looking into landscape photography, kinda been obcessed with sunsets over the years, but they never turn out the way i remember them! i've read up a bit on both of them, but cant decide which to go for.




  
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Apr 06, 2008 08:41 |  #4

Buy only what you know you need.


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Apr 06, 2008 08:44 as a reply to  @ gjl711's post |  #5

ok soz. looking into landscape photography, kinda been obcessed with sunsets over the years, but they never turn out the way i remember them! i've read up a bit on both of them, but cant decide which to go for.




  
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Apr 06, 2008 08:48 |  #6

but i dont know, what i need, thats the point! am i right in saying ND grads are better for sunsets etc? what ND's useful for then?




  
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Apr 06, 2008 08:50 |  #7

I just got the B+W .6 ND multi-coated last week for the Cherry Blossom shoot. It worked beautifully, 2 stops on the camera. I liked it a lot and will use it in bright sunshine. It helped so much with the Jefferson Monument, no glare.


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Apr 06, 2008 08:51 |  #8

Full NDs will simply take light out of the scene, so your exposure will have to compensate via shutter time or ISO (not aperture, as that changes the DoF)

For sunsets, get a GND set.


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Apr 06, 2008 09:05 |  #9

Get a Lee holder, whatever size lens adapter you need and Hitech .03, .06 and .09 soft grad set and maybe a .06 hard, or the full set of three. Not cheap but perhaps best bang for your buck. See here for info on filters click (external link)


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Apr 06, 2008 09:40 |  #10

Have a read of this thread.
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=224448
Takes some time to get through, but a wealth of info.

Many people have bought Hitech GND sets from 2filter.com, I got the kit and an additional 3 stop hard, it is a very good set and 2filter.com is a great seller, got my order 2 days after ordering.

An ND filter would only really allows you to get slower shutter speeds, if you want to do things like blur trees, blur moving water, blur people out of a scene...etc.


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Apr 06, 2008 09:53 as a reply to  @ DDCSD's post |  #11

yea for lanscape, GND would be better .. I got the hitech kit from 2filters.com but I havnet really used it much. I also have a Hoya ND8 (3stop) which came in handy over teh weekend when I was shooting with flashes at 1-2pm with sun high and bright. Having to shoot at 1/200s to sync flashes, I was able to use F4-F5 with the ND filters to get some background blur :D


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