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Basic landscape filter kit...

  • 29-01-2012 1:11pm
    #1
    kelly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭


    Hello, just looking to get started with some landscape filters (GND+ND) and I'm wondering what would be the most commonly used filters.

    Re GND, would 3 stop be the most useful? Hard or soft grad?

    I also want to try long exposures so is 10-stop ideal or too dark?

    Thinking of going with Hitech

    http://www.formatt.co.uk/stills-filters/products.aspx

    Thanks, Noel.


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  • #2
    dirtyghettokid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭dirtyghettokid


    well personally, i like the 3 stop ND/GND.
    i have a 10 stop lee filter, some welding glass (which is darker than the big stopper) and i have a GND cokin 3 stop filter. i'd like to get a GND lee filter, but funds don't allow :(


  • #3
    kelly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


    dirtyghettokid wrote: »
    well personally, i like the 3 stop ND/GND.
    i have a 10 stop lee filter, some welding glass (which is darker than the big stopper) and i have a GND cokin 3 stop filter. i'd like to get a GND lee filter, but funds don't allow :(
    Thanks. Would you say the 3-stop is about right or would something darker or ligher be better? I mean, do you have other filters and find the 3-stop the most useful?


  • #4
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    i have

    1,2 & 3 stop lee grads, means i can build a heavier one if i want by stacking them

    also have a lee polariser, best one i have ever used. but its mad money really


  • #5
    kelly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


    stcstc wrote: »
    i have

    1,2 & 3 stop lee grads, means i can build a heavier one if i want by stacking them

    also have a lee polariser, best one i have ever used. but its mad money really
    Thanks, but which would you use most often? 1,2 or 3 stops? I'm talking about landscape shots where you want to tone down the sky. I want to start with a basic kit and build up.


  • #6
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    it varies so much in ireland that they all get used


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  • #7
    kelly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


    stcstc wrote: »
    it varies so much in ireland that they all get used
    You're not making this easy for me are you? :)

    If you had a choice of one filter, which would you go for? I can't afford to buy a whole set, I've recently splashed out on a 5d MKii + 24-105!


  • #8
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    maybe buy a 2 srop to start with, that way you kinda not hugely off in either directiong, if that makes sense


  • #9
    kelly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,026 ✭✭✭kelly1


    stcstc wrote: »
    maybe buy a 2 srop to start with, that way you kinda not hugely off in either directiong, if that makes sense
    Does indeed, thanks.


  • #10
    dirtyghettokid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭dirtyghettokid


    start with a 3 stop (ND8). that would be my choice for sure. but if you want to do daytime, get the big stopper.


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