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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 622829" data-attributes="member: 12257"><p>I hate to say it, but blah blah blah about viewfinder leakage? (Hope I don't offend anyone, LOL) Admittedly amateur seat-of-the-pants experience and testing commented on below: (there, that should cover me)</p><p></p><p>None of my long exposure shots have ever been used with anything covering the viewfinder, and I've never had exposure issues. That includes star shots in the dark, and/or ocean shots with an ND filter in the daytime. One thing that helps is going to live view so the viewfinder is internally blocked by default. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Having said that, though, I've never even done that, and still never experienced viewfinder bleedover, but I haven't ever had to worry about odd light sources hitting it either. Maybe I'm doing it wrong? I'm wanting to attempt some steel wool shots in a parking lot soon, so will be going live view for that in case people drive by, but wouldn't that resolve the need for covering the viewfinder? (anyone with more experience, please feel free to correct me here)</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't think that viewfinder bleed would just wash out the color though, but would rather just overexpose parts or the whole of the image, so I'm betting it's the filters themselves. Perhaps your new Hoyas will correct the issue, or maybe the shutter speed isn't matching the ND stops. Hope to hear and see great results once the new filters come in!</p><p></p><p>NOTE: I don't stack ND filters though. I bought one of the ICE brand ND filters, 10 stop, and use it exclusively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 622829, member: 12257"] I hate to say it, but blah blah blah about viewfinder leakage? (Hope I don't offend anyone, LOL) Admittedly amateur seat-of-the-pants experience and testing commented on below: (there, that should cover me) None of my long exposure shots have ever been used with anything covering the viewfinder, and I've never had exposure issues. That includes star shots in the dark, and/or ocean shots with an ND filter in the daytime. One thing that helps is going to live view so the viewfinder is internally blocked by default. ;) Having said that, though, I've never even done that, and still never experienced viewfinder bleedover, but I haven't ever had to worry about odd light sources hitting it either. Maybe I'm doing it wrong? I'm wanting to attempt some steel wool shots in a parking lot soon, so will be going live view for that in case people drive by, but wouldn't that resolve the need for covering the viewfinder? (anyone with more experience, please feel free to correct me here) I wouldn't think that viewfinder bleed would just wash out the color though, but would rather just overexpose parts or the whole of the image, so I'm betting it's the filters themselves. Perhaps your new Hoyas will correct the issue, or maybe the shutter speed isn't matching the ND stops. Hope to hear and see great results once the new filters come in! NOTE: I don't stack ND filters though. I bought one of the ICE brand ND filters, 10 stop, and use it exclusively. [/QUOTE]
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