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by DChan on Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:34 pm

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I'm wondering if I want to get into long exposure photography, what stops of ND filters should I be getting. I'm guessing I need more than one but, at the same time, I hope I don't need to get a whole bunch of them. So, any suggestions??

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by Anthony Medici on Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:51 pm

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I'm using 3 filters, 3 Stop, 6 Stop and 10 Stop. Between aperture and ISO adjustments, I can pretty much cover everything I want with the 3.

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:04 pm

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Personally the combination of a polarizer (2 stops), a 5 or 6 stop and a 10 stop handle everything I need. On the 10 stop you can get some serious color shifts with most of them. Currently the last shifty 10 stop on the market is the one from Breakthrough Filters.

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by DChan on Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:04 pm

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Sounds like I could start with a combo of 2/3, 5/6 and a 10 stops filters then. I quickly checked the price for a 10 stop ND from Breakthrough and it looks like it costs quite a lot of money for one. Any other makers you can suggest for something with decent quality but more economical? More likely I'd get a holder and adaptor rings. But if from your experiences a set of screw-on filters would be better and easier to use, please feel free to share.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:55 pm

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I haven't found any others including much more expensive ones that don't have a strong color shift in the 10 stop regime. In the lower levels most of the multicoated ones from the big players are pretty good. I am currently replacing my 10 stop ones with the ones from Breakthrough and my lenses are 95 and 105mm so very expensive - in other words, I feel your pain

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by DChan on Tue Nov 21, 2017 3:10 am

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Re color shift. Does that only happen when you use a 10 ND filter or it also happens when you stack several filters together to get (2+3+5) = 10 stops or more reduction of light passing through the lens? Is it the quality of the filter that causes the problem or it is the reduction of light and does the long slow exposure that does it is I guess what I'm asking...in a way. Can the color shift be fixed in post?

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by andre paul on Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:12 am

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hi there!
hey EJj, coincidently i ordered a 6 and 10 stop nd filter from breakthrough and i will be receiving them here at my place next week . is the colour shift too bad ?
hope not

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by Anthony Medici on Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:39 am

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The Breakthrough X4's are what I've started using. They have very little shift, even when stacked.

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by andre paul on Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:44 am

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Anthony Medici wrote:The Breakthrough X4's are what I've started using. They have very little shift, even when stacked.

thanks tony !

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by Anthony Medici on Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:46 am

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DChan wrote:Does that only happen when you use a 10 ND filter or it also happens when you stack several filters together to get (2+3+5) = 10 stops or more reduction of light passing through the lens?

It can happen when you stack multiple filters together.

DChan wrote:Is it the quality of the filter that causes the problem or it is the reduction of light and does the long slow exposure that does it is I guess what I'm asking...in a way. Can the color shift be fixed in post?

I believe it is a property of how flat the filtration is and how far it extends into UV and IR light. It can be reduced though it is time consuming. That is why I've started using the Breakthrough X4's. They have very little shift, even when stacked.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Nov 21, 2017 12:39 pm

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What Tony said