Neutral Density 8 Filter

[Grant]

Foots here are my rules for taking pictures.

1) Have fun.
2) Take lots of images, after all pixels are cheap.
3) Learn a bit.
4) Go back to #1 and do it all over again
5) There ain't no rule #5

[Greg_Nuspel]

B+W makes the #110 = 10 stops and Hoya makes the 400 = 9 stops and there is Neutural Density (ND) - ND500 MC 77mm = 9 stops.

[Mad Aussie]

B+W makes the #110 = 10 stops and Hoya makes the 400 = 9 stops and there is Neutural Density (ND) - ND500 MC 77mm = 9 stops.

Wow ... never heard of those ones. Them's serious!

[Greg_Nuspel]

The cine guys use major neutral density for time-lapse and there are some for scientific use that are even darker, but most of those are too small for photographic purposes.

[Wicked Dark]

hey foots. some good advice here. I will add another piece - choose an overcast or very cloudy day to shoot. It will help you achieve slower shutter speeds and also eliminate harsh highlights and shadows that will "blow out", meaning they will be so overexposed as to have no detail in the pixels at all...they will be completely white or black. I don't photograph fountains, but do a lot of brooks and rivers and overcast is the way to go.

[Mad Aussie]

I'll be taking 2x ND 8 and 1x ND 4 with me on my next holiday. I want the ability to slow that shutter at any time of the day (within reason) because I just don't know what I'll see at what time of day, or what the weather will be like.

[scorpio_e]

Every gave some great advice. When you shoot later in the day " like close to sunset" you could do away with the need for the ND filter. Shooting later in the day, you can use a longer shutter speed.