Comments on: Using Variable Neutral Density Filters In Bright Sunlight

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:52:00 +0000

I just posted a video to youtube showing the effect of shutter speed to video from some footage I got a few months ago of an angle grinder. It’s kind of extreme as the subject is moving very fast and the speed difference is great. But you can get an idea of the choppiness for more regular speed stuff by looking at the hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blnWYgvbEok

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:52:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blnWYgvbEok

By: ActionPix

ActionPix — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:04:00 +0000

This ones alsomst as good as the 400 one for a $125… B&H sells this one 200…
http://stores.ebay.com/Light-Craft-Workshop/Fader-ND-/_i.html?_fsub=838893011&_sid=146221611&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

By: F8 Photography

F8 Photography — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:59:00 +0000

If you use a camera without mirror, such as Hasselblad etc, they have higher sync speeds as the shutter built into the lens…usually around 1/500, but even then you still wouldnt get anywhere near what you can do with an ND filter in bright light getting wide open at 1.2.

By: F8 Photography

F8 Photography — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:56:00 +0000

Its a screw on filter…I use a 77mm filter and use step-down/rings for smaller thread lenses (such as the one in the video used was a 50mm 1.2 (72mm thread). The blue thing you can see is a part of a follow focus rig for video useage as I was switching between stills and video throughout the day. That just helps the follow focus teeth grip the lens for manual focus.

By: F8 Photography

F8 Photography — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:54:00 +0000

lol….complain to Mikey, he provided me with the music from a friends Band in the states I believe…apparently they are doing very well…..

By: Payam Jirsa

Payam Jirsa — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:23:00 +0000

Vuxes, the issue is when you are using Pocket Wizards or other off camera remote triggering systems. Often these radio systems such as the Pocket Wizard Plus II is limited to a sync speed of 1/250th of a second. This makes it impossible to shoot with a wide open aperture in bright scenes while keeping your shutter speed low enough to trigger the flashes. Hence, a ND filter is necessary to pull down the amount of light allowed into the lens by several full stops of light.

Hope that makes sense.

By: vuxes

vuxes — Mon, 30 May 2011 15:24:00 +0000

Just wondering if high speed sync would allow a faster shutter speed and large aperture without the need for a ND filter?

By: ActionPix

ActionPix — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:39:00 +0000

Here’s one…. I do this tech all the time…

By: Antoine Thisdale

Antoine Thisdale — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:12:00 +0000

How does he uses it in the video tho? Its straped to the lens with a wrap(blue?) or its an actual screw-on filter to the size of the lense? What is he using actually?