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ND filters on high sunny winter days

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Tikayt
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Was wondering if any of you would use ND filters in extreme daylight conditions in order to still get this shallow depth of field, on close ups mostly - in total daylight. Now I do use some and am really interested in knowing if any of you do use some and please tell me what you use on what camera. Was wondering if because of white reflection, there's more light getting into my lens. I figured out yes but I can't say I have solid proof of my statement.

- My question is for video.
Aug 16 2013 6:13PM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24730 - Karma: 29,989
yes.

I have a Tiffen 77mm ND fader. I have a few adapter rings for my lenses so I can just use it on whatever I have. It works very well.
Aug 16 2013 6:15PM
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eheath
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Faders are nice, but you can't really use them past about half of their range. I used a fader for a year and like it but then I bought a 1.2ND (4 stops of light) because i found myself always using my fader on 4 stops. You could get a .9 and a 1.2 then stack them if you needed.
Aug 16 2013 6:51PM
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PacificRimJob
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I like using it to control exposure, too...
Aug 16 2013 7:15PM
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eheath
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Yeah i mean, I liked that feature but I got used to just changing my aperture between f4 and f11 normally.
Aug 16 2013 7:22PM
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CrotchKiller
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Love my fader
Aug 17 2013 1:02PM
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