Most useful ND Soft grad 2, 2.5 or 3 ?

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Bust my sole Lee grad and realised the futility of just one grad, so have acquired a 3 stop hard grad and looking for a soft grad, but cat decide which would be more useful. I appreciatte there isnt a huge difference but wondered if anyone would case to suggest which one, as the things are pricey. Thanks!
 
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Ok, have gone for the 2.5 stop, as a compromise.
 
I use a set of 2 stops, soft hard and reverse grad. with a 1 stop soft grad in back up if need be. Not come across a situation yet where I need any stronger to be honest.
 
I carry 2 and 3 stop hard and soft grads, a 3 stop reverse grad, 1, 2, 3 and 10 stop NDs. Out of that lot the most used is the 3 hard grad, then the 10 stop, then the reverse grad. My 1, 2 and 3 NDs are basically unused, and whilst the soft grads don't get much of a look in, I'll use the 3 far more than the 2.
 
Personally I prefer a stronger soft grad, so at the moment I have a 0.9 - but I would also consider a 0.75, but nothing weaker than that.
 
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I've toyed with the idea of the reverse grad but ended up using this same technique, I've found it very effective and cheaper than another filter!

I have a set of hard grads, .3, .6 and .9, most used is the .6. I'm probably going to get a 3 stop soft.
 
Depends on camera and situation, you're always going to find situations where 3 stops is too dark and others where 2 stops isn't enough. I have a 3 stop soft though I rarely use it these days, on m4/3 that would have been a permanent fixture.
 
I like dramatic skies, 0.9 is on 99% of time (I should probably sell the rest, I have full set 0.3 0.6 0.9 both hard and soft and only use 0.9 soft).
 
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