ND filter for panning shots

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Last time out on a bright day I found I could not keep the shutter speed down to get a decent pan shot. Which ND filter would be most useful for this? I tend to shoot hand-held, but might get a monopod also.
 
Just to clarify - do you mean that the background did not have motion blur?

Presumably you have tried the lowest ISO your camera supports and well stopped down apperture.
 
Yes, I've tried it stopped down at 200 ISO, I'm really wanting more of a pop-out/depth of field effect, and so thought a ND might do the trick?
 
kartracer said:
Yes, I've tried it stopped down at 200 ISO, I'm really wanting more of a pop-out/depth of field effect, and so thought a ND might do the trick?
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Why not ISO 100?

What other settings were you using?
 
Lowest ISO, highest f/number is usually enough. If not, then a two-ish stops ND filter if it's extremely bright.
 
Or try a CPL, (like what I do) usually good for binning 2 stops at max setting, works a treat for me :thumbs:
 
I'll have to dig out the snaps to find the exact settings. On the day though, it was exceptionally bright. I need a pol. anyway, so think I'll try that first.
 
Just thinking about this for a mo, can it have been that bright?

Sunny 16 rule says that clear bright sun is f/16 with shutter speed matching ISO. It doesn't get any brighter than that unless you're by the sea or something. Therefore if you set f/16, you can shoot at 1/100sec at ISO100. Should be fine for panning with anything except a really slow moving subject.

Polarising filters are great for all sorts of things, but of course they affect the image in various ways and the reduction in overall exposure is usually a bit less than two stops. Could be all you need though.
 
OK, but I thought the base ISO on Nikon is 200? Will have a look in the week to find what settings I used. That said, I doubt I was stopped down to f/16.
 
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