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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 140922" data-attributes="member: 9240">I disagree with the comment about the hood.&nbsp; Long exposures usually are done on cloudy days and you won't need the hood, but you're using the ND to provide that ability on a sunny day and could be shooting into the sun.&nbsp; You may not need a hood, but you'll want to check for lens flare beforehand and if you have it use something to shadow the lens from out of view to prevent it.&nbsp; And that said, it's a bit of a PITA to do it without mucking the filter, but you can actually insert a 67-77mm step up ring inside the hood of the 18-105 - at least I can put mine in there.&nbsp; Too much of a pain to muck about taking it on and off to meter and reframe, but if you're willing to do some guesswork on settings you can use live view to reframe with the filter on.&nbsp; I put together a little blog post on it when I got both lazy and a little wary of dropping an expensive filter on rocks when I was shooting on a cold day.<a href="http://nikonites.com/blogs/backdoorhippie/186-long-daylight-exposure-lessons-breaking-rules.html" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/blogs/backdoorhippie/186-long-daylight-exposure-lessons-breaking-rules.html</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 140922, member: 9240"] I disagree with the comment about the hood. Long exposures usually are done on cloudy days and you won't need the hood, but you're using the ND to provide that ability on a sunny day and could be shooting into the sun. You may not need a hood, but you'll want to check for lens flare beforehand and if you have it use something to shadow the lens from out of view to prevent it. And that said, it's a bit of a PITA to do it without mucking the filter, but you can actually insert a 67-77mm step up ring inside the hood of the 18-105 - at least I can put mine in there. Too much of a pain to muck about taking it on and off to meter and reframe, but if you're willing to do some guesswork on settings you can use live view to reframe with the filter on. I put together a little blog post on it when I got both lazy and a little wary of dropping an expensive filter on rocks when I was shooting on a cold day. [url]http://nikonites.com/blogs/backdoorhippie/186-long-daylight-exposure-lessons-breaking-rules.html[/url] [/QUOTE]

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