On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:07 PM, <usher99@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Upcoming trip means I should make a decision. I seem to have much
> more time while away fussing with a scene than than for PP at home.
> One time some quickly moving clouds balled up one bracketing of an
> otherwise very nice image--I could have largely prevented that . So,
> if this way to deal with high contrast sky situations is reasonable
> which system is preferable. Cokin P? Which company for the
> filters--desire excellent QA if possible if putting another interface
> in front of a nice lens. Hard edge--2 or 3 stop? I think soft edge 2
> stop may be tricky to set up well.
Film or digital? I guess it doesn't matter. I prefer Cokin P, though
I have a set of As that work OK on my 49 and 55 mm lenses. I believe
62 mm (35-80/2.8) was stretching it. I only have experience with ND
grads. (It really should be darkest at the transition and get lighter
to the outer edge, but the opposite is what I have worked with and
they do the job. I think those that get darker at the edge allow more
forgiveness at the transition point in the image captured. Works for
me.)
I have both 1 and 2 stop ND grads. I have rarely used them together.
2 stops is normally the max for me (this is on transparencies). One
stop is often just right. I have never actually used ND grads with
print film, but I wouldn't use more than 1 stop.
With my digital set, I have gone to Cokin P because of the size of the
DZ lenses. Anything more than 1 stop looks unnatural to me for some
reason with my digital cameras. I generally hold the filter in
position with my left hand and use LV to figure out the transition.
Manual mode all the way.
I have made a mental note in the past to look for half stop ND grads
especially for digital shooting.
Joel W.
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