Landscape Filters

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After the recent TP Meet at the Gower, South Wales.
I am enjoying taking more Landscape photos, I borrowed Stan the Man`s filters and was looking to buy myself a set..

The set i have seen includes 77mm filter ring, P type holder with the following filters:

ND2
ND2 Grad
ND4
ND4 Grad

Would this be the ideal filter set to start ???

Thanks
Mark
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Yes would be a good start, one thing to note, the P series holder wont let you go any wider than about 14mm (from my experience). So if you have an ultra wide lens you will need a slimline holder which only holds one filter.
 
I have thought about a polariser maybe next on the list...

I will take note of that Donki as i have a 10-20 lens...

I was looking at darkening the skies and neutral for the foreground, also for the classic sea and waterfall shots...

How do you calculate, how many stops of ND to use ???

Thanks
 
markw08 said:
I have thought about a polariser maybe next on the list...

I will take note of that Donki as i have a 10-20 lens...

I was looking at darkening the skies and neutral for the foreground, also for the classic sea and waterfall shots...

How do you calculate, how many stops of ND to use ???

Thanks
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Thats the same lens as I use for alot of landscapes. You can get a wideangle holder from eBay for a few pounds, does the job.

To get the Fstop difference take a meter reading of the sky then one of the foreground for a set shutter speed and ISO (that mean the only variable of the exposure if the aperture) then see what the difference is and that will tell you what filter to use. Obviously there are going to be situations where the difference is to great.

A point to remember is sometimes you can get away with over exsposing the sky (not to the point of it being totally blown out) as PP is great at bring levels back down, its really easy when usign lightroom.
 
Calculate?

Just put one in and see what you meter :)

To get any long exposure in decent light you'll probably have to fit as many ND's as you can.
 
If you're considering filters just for the 10-20 then probably give the polariser a miss - it produces uneven lighting on wide angle lenses which is very difficult to sort out in PP

Simon
 
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