sapper6fd
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Ok so I picked up a 2 stop Grad ND filter the other day. Went out into the mountains and tried to use it for the first time. After the first few shots I realized I have a few questions on its use.
When taking a shot without it the camera meters and boom - the shot it taken. When using the Grad ND filter the camera meters and takes the shot. but when metering with the filter in front of the lens, the spec change and the shutter speed is dropped a bit to compensate for the difference in light rejected by the filter - which in turn defeats the purpose of the filter.
My question is should I be metering and then shooting in manual mode with the specs shown before placing the filter in front of the lens? If the forground is properly exposed at 1/1000 of a second, the 2 stop ND filter should be properly exposing for the background at this setting. Yet the ND filter causes the shutter speed to drop to 1/500 which is now properly exposing the background but the forground is underexposed.
I should also mention I am shooting in Appeture priority mode.
Your help is greatly apreciated!
Cheers,
Sapper
When taking a shot without it the camera meters and boom - the shot it taken. When using the Grad ND filter the camera meters and takes the shot. but when metering with the filter in front of the lens, the spec change and the shutter speed is dropped a bit to compensate for the difference in light rejected by the filter - which in turn defeats the purpose of the filter.
My question is should I be metering and then shooting in manual mode with the specs shown before placing the filter in front of the lens? If the forground is properly exposed at 1/1000 of a second, the 2 stop ND filter should be properly exposing for the background at this setting. Yet the ND filter causes the shutter speed to drop to 1/500 which is now properly exposing the background but the forground is underexposed.
I should also mention I am shooting in Appeture priority mode.
Your help is greatly apreciated!
Cheers,
Sapper