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If you could only have one graduated neutral density filter type and density. Which would it be?

Hard or soft?
0.3, 0.6, 0.9?
 
Hard 0.9.

If you end up with a dark foreground because of the 3 stops difference you can always pull it back in RAW processing. 0.9 is also very useful for the usual moving water effects.

I have a soft 0.9 but I was out with a professional landscape photographer the other week and he only uses hard edged ones now.

Ray
 
or, purchase 0.3 and 0.6, and use them together to make a 0.9? possible never used ND's mind..
 
0.6 soft. I have the compliment in soft 9haven't used hard) and find the 0.6 to be the most versatile.
 
A soft grad on a 35mm camera or digi SLR is almost usless in most circumstances. The area of grading between the ND and clear parts is so large that it will almost cover the whole frame.

If you're shooting with a large format, or big medium format camera then it becomes usefull.

As for whether to go for 1, 2 or 3 stops of compensation, if you're only going to get one, then splitting the difference and going .6 may be the one that works most of the time. If you can stretch to 2 filters, then as said above, the .3 and.6 stack to make a .9. You also get to have more control that way as you can set them at different heights if you need to.
 
Thanks people this is useful stuff :)
 
dazzajl said:
A soft grad on a 35mm camera or digi SLR is almost usless in most circumstances. The area of grading between the ND and clear parts is so large that it will almost cover the whole frame.
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dont agree, but each to their own.
 
does anyone know the cokin numbers or similar for these filters?

it might help someone purchasing one on the net.
 
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