ND filter

[Lscha]

Would 2 ND 8 filters be as good as an ND 10?

 

[westmill]

No ! Much better lol... If you have two you can join them

 

[westmill]

an ND4 and an ND8 would be my preferance though

 

[Philnz]

Would 2 ND 8 filters be as good as an ND 10?

Sorry have to ask whats a ND filter?

 

[Rick M]

Sorry have to ask whats a ND filter?

Neutral Density, blocks light to slow shutter speed.

 

[Rick M]

Would 2 ND 8 filters be as good as an ND 10?

I use filters but not happy with putting cheap glass in front of good. I think one piece of inferior glass is too many, 2 would be 2 too many!.

I'm sure I will change my opinion when I can afford filters over $100 .

 

[Philnz]

Neutral Density, blocks light to slow shutter speed.

HUM I wonder what Lscha would want with them just now???

 

[ZekeMenuar]

Would 2 ND 8 filters be as good as an ND 10?

Screencap stolen from Wikipedia

Neutral density filter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[sourab89]

just a query,

What more advantage are there for ND filters apart from just flowing water long exposure shots ?

 

[westmill]

just a query,

What more advantage are there for ND filters apart from just flowing water long exposure shots ?

They are far less important than they used to be with film. A ND filter is purely for dumping light when things are too bright.
When using film, and you had maybe 400 ISO film in the camera, on a bright day and on the beache, It could poss go beyond the scope
of usable settings, so an ND filter was your only option. With digital of course you can just turn the ISO down.
There are possabilitys that you may wish to shoot high ISO on a sunny day to gain deliberate grain in your images etc.