B+W 10. ND filter...any experience?

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Im thinking of getting this filter as I want to do some long daylight exposures, mainly on water and clouds.

how long will this filter let you take a picture for? any one used this before and under what settings?

thanks.
 
An ND 10 will allow a sutter speed 10 stops slower than the one you would use without it......
if you are shooting at f8 and normally you would get 1/250 to match it in the light available. Then with the ND10 you would extend your shutter speed to 4 seconds.

I am sure you can work out the rest - f11 would mean 8 seconds, in the above example.......how long do you want? You might need to slow your film speed to get a bit more.
 
Lensflare said:
An ND 10 will allow a sutter speed 10 stops slower than the one you would use without it......
if you are shooting at f8 and normally you would get 1/250 to match it in the light available. Then with the ND10 you would extend your shutter speed to 4 seconds.

I am sure you can work out the rest - f11 would mean 8 seconds, in the above example.......how long do you want? You might need to slow your film speed to get a bit more.
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possibly up to 10 - 15 seconds..... Is there a lower ND i could manage with for these times? inc adjusting mmy camera settings etc
 
Robbo said:
possibly up to 10 - 15 seconds..... Is there a lower ND i could manage with for these times? inc adjusting mmy camera settings etc
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Your exposure time really depends on what time of day you're shooting and the weather. That's the thing you can't do anything about so you have to moderate it with f/number and ISO, plus the right filter. I would guess that generally you'd need ten stops to get shutter speeds like that.

B+W also do a six stops version of the same filter and TBH that's your lot in screw-in filters (which is what you need). The only other strong one is a Hoya X400 which is nine stops and I think rather good - it's multi-coated whereas the B+W is uncoated - but not available in the UK. The big US stores stock it though.
 
I've got the B+W 6 stopper and the 10 stopper and both are good although I do find the resultant pics are very slightly in need to colour correction to adjust for a tiny bit of green tinge.

Accidently took my 10 stopper for a slow shoot in Grand Central Terminal in NY and was cursing myself when it needed a 2 minute exposure at somethnig like F/11 ISO1600, lol. 10 stops is a lot....
 
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