 Beautiful Landscapes |
| Review Date: August 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Michael Perine, North Lake Tahoe |
Did you ever come across a beautiful landscape with big billowing, puffy white clouds on the horizon? You try to capture the moment by taking a photo. However, when you view the photo, either the clouds are completely washed out -- white with no detail -- or the landscape itself is dark, with no color.
By decreasing the exposure, say 2 stops, the wonderousness of the clouds emerges, but the landscape darkens and loses form. By increasing the exposure, the landscape materializes, but the clouds wash out.
The graduated neutral density filter is designed to fix the problem. The filter is square and slides up or down in its bracket. The filter itself is dark on top and clear on the bottom. The idea is to place the bifurcation line of the filter on the horizon, thereby darkening the clouds and lightening the landscape. A 2-stop filter, i.e. ND4 0.6, will usually do the trick. At times however a 1-stop or 3-stop might be preferable.
The result is a picture with beautifully detailed clouds and a perfectly exposed landscape. |
Neutral Density
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| Review Date: April 7, 2001 |
| Reviewer: James Dees, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire USA |
| Neutral Density filters have several uses and offer the possibility to achieve otherwise unachievable results. ND filters appear gray and reduce the amount of light reaching the film. They have no effect on color balance. They have four main uses: 1 To enable slow shutter speeds to be used, especially with high speed films, to record movement in subjects such as waterfalls, clouds, or cars. 2 To decrease depth of field by allowing wider apertures to be used, which helps separate subjects from their background. 3 To decrease the effective ISO of high speed film (above ISO 400) and allow it to be used outdoors in bright situations. 4 To allow cine and video cameras (which have fixed shutter speeds) to film subjects such as snow, sand or other bright scenes which could cause overexposure. Neutral Density factors: Cokin 152 (exposure adjustment = approx. 1 stop, reduces ISO 1/2) Cokin 153 (exposure adjustment = approx. 2 stops, reduces ISO 1/4) Cokin 154 ("P" series only; exposure adjustment = approx. 3 stops, reduces ISO 1/8) |
Every camera should have one
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| Review Date: August 15, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Gary Batha, Fort Collins, Colorado |
| ND filters make an amature photographer look like a pro. Brings out rich color, better depth of field and makes moving water look like it's moving. Use a number of them together and enhance your photo's even more. |
Cokin ND filter is great
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| Review Date: March 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Rayanallur Ranganathan, San Jose, CA |
| Simply put, this is a good filter for the money. No issues, no color distortions. It does what its supposed to, perfectly! The cokin adapter and holder is awesome too. It can hold multiple square filters and one circular cokin filter. Remember... if you want to use a screw-on filter, then you can't put the cokin holder over that. |
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