Interesting. I've never heard of anyone doing this. I'm not sure why you would do that, but if it works for you, it's all good.effron wrote: I meter without the filter, adjust the required number stops, (shutter speed) install filter and take the shot(s). There are handy charts for the longer (darker) filters, and apps if you own a smart phone.....
a good source.... www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/neutral-density-filters.htm
Me I only meter with the NDs on. Doing the WB, I only do that when stacking, and know that I will get a false color cast. For grads I tend to check where the metering comes in on each side, and then split it if I am doing one shot. But I am rarely doing one shot with a GND, I am usually shooting several different exposures to stack later to get the total Dynamic Range. So in essence I am making an HDR. As Shadow points out this means using a tripod.Remy Hedrick wrote: Are you guys doing this with all ND filters, even the 2 stop filters? Or are you referring to the darker ones towards 10 stops?
Manual focus before putting a real dark ND filter on.effron wrote: You guys metering with filter on, when using a dark ND, how are you focusing? ...Just curious.....
Shadowfixer1 wrote:
Manual focus before putting a real dark ND filter on.effron wrote: You guys metering with filter on, when using a dark ND, how are you focusing? ...Just curious.....
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