ND Filters question

[jetpack]

Just a quick one and probably very simple to a lot of you. I've recently bought the following:

CameraPlus - Professional 77mm Slim S-PRO1 MC Neutral Density ND 3.0 Filter 1000x - 10 Stops

It's decent but very dark so I'm having to drop shutter speed to 30 seconds to get anything nicely exposed. I'd like to be able to get some nicely exposed shots around the 5 second mark and wondered if I need something less dark but not really sure what I need...?

Would something like this be a good option?:

Hoya 77 mm Pro ND 100 Filter - 6 2/3-Stop Light Reduction

 

[rpsmith79]

I think a little reading is in order

Firstly you need to understand what a STOP is, here is a handy guide

https://photographylife.com/what-are-exposure-stops-in-photography

Then you need to work out the exposure of what you want to take a photo of, and then work out by how many stops you need to increase it by to get to a 5 second exposure, then you will know what strength ND filter you need

 

[badboy1984]

What sort of shots are you shooting? With 30sec shutter speed i guess is landscape right?

Same setting with ND filter it will slow your shutter speed down even more ........ when you mention 5 sec i guess you want to shoot the same photo with 5 sec shutter instead of 30 sec right?