06-19-2010, 11:12 AM
You will need these and normal ND filters when you want to or need to diminish high contrasts/enormous DR in a single shot, in order to use large apertures in bright conditions (for DoF control), and in order to use long shutter times in too bright conditions (f.e., for shooting flowing water in an attempt to make it look like it flows).
So yes, I do use them in those cases, and just like popo I have a Cokin system, actually, the Z-Pro, with a bunch of grad filters etc. I do find that even the standard dense grad and ND filters (1, 2 and 3 stops) are often not enough for the desired effect, not even combined. You may want to think about a 10-stop filter if you can get one <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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HTH, kind regards, Wim
So yes, I do use them in those cases, and just like popo I have a Cokin system, actually, the Z-Pro, with a bunch of grad filters etc. I do find that even the standard dense grad and ND filters (1, 2 and 3 stops) are often not enough for the desired effect, not even combined. You may want to think about a 10-stop filter if you can get one <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.HTH, kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....