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That's a fair point....i never thought about it. Not a lot more money anyway. 52mm filter was £15.
And you can still use a lens hood
That's a fair point....i never thought about it. Not a lot more money anyway. 52mm filter was £15.
A question for those of you who own the Haida filter. I am considering buying one, but at the same time I am also considering buying the 100mm Hitech filter kit. It may not be possible, but, how would I combine the Haida with the Hitech Kit if I wanted to use a graduated ND as well?
In theory, it's easy - just screw in the Haida and then attach the Hitech into that.
In practise though, it's a right PITA. Very cumbersome to use and probably vignetting issues. You'd be better off either just using the Haida and doing the grad bit in post processing, or getting a slot-in ND.
Here's my first attempt using the ten stopper, no post processing, but as you can see the colour hardly needs correcting
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If they were exactly the same price (which they almost are for my filter size) which would you choose between the Haida (Pro II) and the Hoya HMC Neutral Density ND400?
Am I better off going for the Hoya or is the Haida just as good as (or better)?
How do you guys focus with this filter? Do you AF, then screw on the filter?
Focus then put the filter on and switch the focus to manual so the camera does not try to re-focus and screw up the shot. Then take the photo.
First day out with the filter today, mixed results.
#1. Need to sort my focus, do you focus to infinity?
#2. What WB to you guys use?
#3. Do you guys tend to only shoot in sunny conditions?
#4. Can you use this filter for night photography? Pretty sure you can't...
Not easy questions Jimmy.
1) Focus on the subject, as normal.
2) Either custom white balance, or correct in post.
3) When and how you use it depends on the light level and how long an exposure you need.
4) Not a great idea at night.
Definately not at night as you can easily get a 30s exposure anyway. Add a 10 stopper to that and you'll be looking at an exposure of over 8 and a half hours
damianmkv said:Autofocus first, then switch to manual and screw on the filter
jimmy83 said:Yeah I've been doing that so far...but what about if I was photography something like a pier what would you focus on? I use Center point focus 99% of the time.
TonyNI said:Manually focus to infinity..