ND filters

[taff63]

What's your thoughts on them do they make your water shots better or is there some people out there who prefer to still the manuel way ie aperture if I've worded this wrong I apologise but this is only way I know how to describe .
Mark

 

[AndyB1976]

If you can get away without the ND filter using a low ISO, smaller aperture (diffraction aside) then go without.

If anything, adding a filter infront of the lens could increase the likelihood of glare, reflections, vignetting, colour casts and reduction in sharpness.

 

[Photodiva]

Hi. Are you talking about a polarizer to reduce the glare/reflection from water shots, or a ND filter to reduce the amount of light getting to the camera (for slow shutter speed shots)? Small aperture may enable you to reduce shutter speed for the 'milky' water shots, but unless the available light is sufficiently low, you probably won't achieve what you want without some sort of ND filter to help.

 

[taff63]

Nd filter to reduce light