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Hi!

I'm very new here, but wanted to post a thank you. Yesterday, when browsing the forums, I found posts discussing using welding glass bought from ebay as ND filters. I have ordered one which is equivalent to a 10 stop filter, it cost me the princely sum of £1.34, and am excitedly waiting for it to arrive early next week :)

So thank you, togs of TP - you've already saved me over £100. I'm well chuffed!

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Stay away from the classifieds, that'll definitely not save you any money lol.
 
I bought one of them variable ND lens rings and its does all the range, cheap as chickens from amazon... o_O
 
AnnaRidley said:
Hi!

I'm very new here, but wanted to post a thank you. Yesterday, when browsing the forums, I found posts discussing using welding glass bought from ebay as ND filters. I have ordered one which is equivalent to a 10 stop filter, it cost me the princely sum of £1.34, and am excitedly waiting for it to arrive early next week :)
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Cool

2 things to bear in mind though

a) welding glass can have sharp edges, so mind your fingers (you may wish to edge it up with duck tape to avoid that arrrgghhh moment when you forget)

b) it often gives shots a green cast , you may be able to correct this with a custom WB , but if not shoot raw to give the maximum potential for colour correction in post, and/or convert to B&W
 
Thanks ecniv :) I'm really looking forward to getting out to use it. Need my new eyepiece covers to arrive first - I've gone and lost the ones I had *facepalm*
 
Anna, any lightproof piece of material (or tape) can be used to block extraneous light coming through the "back door". A small square of black material draped over the eyepiece works wonders.
 
Good grief! You think I'd know that.... does it show that I've had a nearly 5 year hiatus from photography? *hangs head* Thanks Nod!
 
I'd concur with nod - my eyepiece has got a slot for inserting a cover, but i lost the cover ages ago - if i'm doing a very long exposure in bright light i use a bit of card cut to fit - but tbh with most shots i find it unecesssary as while exposing on a DSLR the mirror is up blocking the eyepiece anyway
 
I feel like such a newcomer..... boy oh boy, I've forgotten everything!
 
Light leakage through the VF on a DSLR...

leakage by gpn63, on Flickr
 
you could sell that as modern art ;)

(although joking aside its only that obvious because its on a completely black image - in real life I've not found leakahge to be a significant issue when doing things like waterfalls or fluffy sea - unless shooting in very bright light with the sun towards the view finder )
 
Yes, it was shot deliberately to show the effect that not using a cap of some kind over the VF during long exposures has and the VF was aimed towards the sun. It wasn't a very long exposure though, ten seconds IIRC (EXIF should be intact.) There was a recent thread asking about this problem, specifically asking what had caused the apparent flare. Hopefully, the OP can avoid the same thing happening to her.
 
I was about to say 'Nice pic' when I saw that image ^ :D

Yeah, welding glass ... cheap ... but have fun processing them to your preference. You'll end up going B&W mostly I'd bet.
 
You'll probably still end up buying a proper 10 stop filter, faffing on with welding glass will be a right pain
 
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