jp_photos Posted August 19, 2006 Share #1 Posted August 19, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) I was reading about a particular photographer (Hiroshi Sugimoto) and came across this: "The only slightly unusual piece of equipment in his armoury is a fairly dense (16x) neutral density filter for the lens, enabling him to make reasonably long exposures even in bright light on the Kodak ISO125 Plus-X sheet film. It is a device sometimes used by architectural photographers when they want to record buildings without the people or traffic passing by - as in Daguerre's first images of Paris streets, only those who stop and stare stay in one place long enough to record on the plate." I see you can buy a ND filter for the D2 on B&H and other sites. Is anyone using one with a D2 for the purposes above? I saw no description of the strength of the filter on any sites so I am assuming it is low. If that is the case, can you stack them if you need more density? --Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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farnz Posted August 19, 2006 Share #2 Posted August 19, 2006 Jason, I've used an ND on my D2 for smoothing fast flowing water but not for 'timing' people out of images yet. The ND is 8x (Leica part number 18631) but I haven't tried stacking them - haven't needed to - but I'd be concerned about vignetting because of the 69 mm diameter. Farnz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugby Posted August 19, 2006 Share #3 Posted August 19, 2006 I have one, though not for "timing people out of my shots" but rather to improve my chances to decrease the DOF in specific shots. As you know, digital is notorious for really large DOF. The ND filters are rare and occasionally seen on ebay.....where I bought my ND8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted August 20, 2006 Share #4 Posted August 20, 2006 I have a Heliopan SH-PMC 0.9 ND. I use it to allow me to shoot at wider apertures in bright light as well as 'flowing water' situations. - Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted August 20, 2006 Share #5 Posted August 20, 2006 Interesting technique; co-incidently it also accounts for those strange ghostly people, often dis-embodied, that one finds in Edwardian street scene photographs. I'm surprised nobody has tried to recreate this effect in recent times. On a more practical note, I have just bought a Leica ND filter here in the UK. They were low on stock, so if you're keen I would strike very soon. Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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