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Fun with MF images - ARCHIVED - FOR VIEWING ONLY

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chaosphere

chaosphere

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What do you think, hard grad is better than soft grad ? I want to buy one (Hitech or Kood) and i don't know the difference.
 
Shashin

Shashin

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So I am out a Pemaquid Point testing a new filter. I get this fun image and, as I am leaving, I see someone having fun on the rocks (but pointing the camera toward the lighthouse ;) ). Now, there is about a 1:4 chance at Pemaquid to see a photographer with more than a point and shoot. The chances you run into someone shooting MFD are really long. Not only finding a MFD photographer in Maine is rare, but to run into a GetDPI member is really pushing the odds up. Anyway we had a nice chat and I will wait to find a photo of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse in this thread--I am not sure I want to identify who is away from home on a public forum. Pentax 645D, 55mm, 90 seconds, f/13, ISO 400, B+W 4.0 ND, Tiffen T1 IR cut filter.

 
Quentin_Bargate

Quentin_Bargate

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chaosphere said:
What do you think, hard grad is better than soft grad ? I want to buy one (Hitech or Kood) and i don't know the difference.
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Well I use Lee filters, and the hard grads are more useful.

I have a set of three, for one, two or three stops. I also have the soft grad set but I use them much less frequently.

I have also used Lee's pro glass.6 ND filter which is a neutral ND filter, not a grad, and I have literally just bought their "big stopper" which cuts out a massive 10 stops of lght. Only done one test shot so far, and looking forward to using that soon!
 
chaosphere

chaosphere

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Quentin_Bargate said:
Well I use Lee filters, and the hard grads are more useful.

I have a set of three, for one, two or three stops. I also have the soft grad set but I use them much less frequently.

I have use Lee's pro glass.6 filter which is a neutral ND filter, not a grad, and I have literally just bought their "big stopper" ahich cuts out a massive 10 stops of lght. Only done one test shot so far, and looking forward to using that soon!
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thanks ! if you want to sell your soft kit... :D
 
Quentin_Bargate

Quentin_Bargate

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I don't know what others think, but with digital photography, the only filters I have found useful are ND filters, grad and non-grad, and a polarising filter.
 
GrahamWelland

GrahamWelland

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Quentin_Bargate said:
I don't know what others think, but with digital photography, the only filters I have found useful are ND filters, grad and non-grad, and a polarising filter.
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I use the LEE hard/soft 1-3 stop GND filters, Polarizer & Big Stopper too. For bright daylight long exposure work I will also sometimes use the 2 or 3 stop ND filter in addition to the 10 stop Big Stopper.

However, another essential filter IMHO is the Singh Ray reverse grad 3 stop for sunrise/sunsets where you want to filter the horizon and not the transition to the edge of the image. (Which reminds me to pick up the 4 stop reverse grad - sometimes 3 stops isn't quite enough)

No doubt someone will now come along and tell us all that grads are unnecessary these days ... :rolleyes:
 
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