Comments on: Neutral Density Filters http://www.bfcclub.co.uk/news/nutral-density-filters/ Wed, 8 Feb 2012 01:47:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Marilyn Peddle http://www.bfcclub.co.uk/news/nutral-density-filters/#comment-143 Marilyn Peddle Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:53:49 +0000 http://www.bfcclub.co.uk/news/nutral-density-filters/#comment-143 I recently purchased a set of the Cokin filters and used them for a recent trip to Exmoor. I was really pleased with the results, I to was fed up with washed out skies. I used 'Live View' on my camera to see the image I was taking and had the histogram showing as well so I could adjust exposure while keeping an eye on the histogram, which as a novice I found useful. And the results, yes I was pleased with them as well. I recently purchased a set of the Cokin filters and used them for a recent trip to Exmoor. I was really pleased with the results, I to was fed up with washed out skies.
I used ‘Live View’ on my camera to see the image I was taking and had the histogram showing as well so I could adjust exposure while keeping an eye on the histogram, which as a novice I found useful. And the results, yes I was pleased with them as well.

]]> By: Malcolm Bowditch http://www.bfcclub.co.uk/news/nutral-density-filters/#comment-131 Malcolm Bowditch Wed, 13 May 2009 20:03:18 +0000 http://www.bfcclub.co.uk/news/nutral-density-filters/#comment-131 I have circular polarisers for use with my lenses and they can be helpful but, if it's skies that they are being used for, then the effect is most noticable when shooting at 90 degrees to the sun. By definition therefore, they give a variable and unsatisfactory effect if one is using a wide angle lens. But wide angle lenses tend to require large filters and the larger the filter the greater the price - and the less effective they become for this purpose! Nevertheless they are also very good for reducing specular reflections from water and hard surfaces and they also have the effect of a low-powered ND filter. I also use Cokin variable density filters and they seem to work well. I have circular polarisers for use with my lenses and they can be helpful but, if it’s skies that they are being used for, then the effect is most noticable when shooting at 90 degrees to the sun. By definition therefore, they give a variable and unsatisfactory effect if one is using a wide angle lens. But wide angle lenses tend to require large filters and the larger the filter the greater the price - and the less effective they become for this purpose!

Nevertheless they are also very good for reducing specular reflections from water and hard surfaces and they also have the effect of a low-powered ND filter.

I also use Cokin variable density filters and they seem to work well.

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