Welding Glass

[RIR]

Hallo.

Looking for a bit of advice please.

What strength welding glass would be the equivalent of a "Big Stopper " ?

Thanks in advance.

Robert (aka Ian).

 

[Mr Perceptive]

Why bother when you can buy reasonable 10 stoppers for around £10, they even come complete with circular screw in thread so you don't have to fabricate something yourself!!!

 

[Alastair]

I haven't done anything with welding glass filters in ages.. if you search back for the very big thread on welding glass filters you'll find some calculated stop values. I know mine around 12-14 stops, but can't remember the shade value.

 

[RIR]

Thanks Gents

 

[RIR]

Why bother when you can buy reasonable 10 stoppers for around £10, they even come complete with circular screw in thread so you don't have to fabricate something yourself!!!

Thanks for that.

You don't have a link do you, or recommendation?

Thanks in advance.

 

[JulesP]

Thanks for that.

You don't have a link do you, or recommendation?

Thanks in advance.

Camdiox are very good for the price - bought one for my lad to use so he wouldn't keep using my Lee Big Stopper and it's actually more neutral than mine.
Very good filter that's worth the money.

 

[RIR]

Thanks for that Jules, appreciated.

 

[Mr Perceptive]

Lots of people rave about the Xsource 10stopper available from Amazon, or you could look at SRB' s own 10 stopper ( quite strong magenta colour cast, but at this price point most of the 10 stoppers will have a colour cast if some sort, and even more expensive ones do!)

 

[Steve B]

Lots of people rave about the Xsource 10stopper available from Amazon, or you could look at SRB' s own 10 stopper ( quite strong magenta colour cast, but at this price point most of the 10 stoppers will have a colour cast if some sort, and even more expensive ones do!)

Yes the XCsource filter is far better than the Camdiox/SRB ones.
I really must re-do this comparison

[url=https://flic.kr/p/vKnfeq]10 stops compared by Steve Bennett, on Flickr[/URL]

Amazon : http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr...n=1104464&ie=UTF8&qid=1458858585&rnid=1104464

Ebay ; http://stores.ebay.co.uk/win2may/Mi...9254016&_sid=1061876576&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

Website : http://xcsource.com/search.php?search_query=nd1000&Search=

To answer the welding glass question though
Shade #8 = 10 stop
Shade #9 = 11.5 stop
Shade #10 = 13 stop

 

[RIR]

Thanks Steve.

Just ordered a set 2-4-8.

 

[Steve B]

Thanks Steve.

Just ordered a set 2-4-8.

Not sure that's what you are looking for, though they are still useful.
The 2, 4 & 8 are 1, 2 & 3 stops, the ND1000 is the 10 stop, the equivalent to a Big Stopper.
I often combine a 1, 2 or 3 stop with the ND1000 for daylight long exposures, so they are well worth having too.

Here's an example of the 10 stop and 3 stop combined (both from xcsource)
[url=https://flic.kr/p/EvpsM6]Next band of rain by Steve Bennett, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[RIR]

Thanks Steve. I don't anticipate doing a lot of this, so the kit should be OK. For £6.00 anyway .

Thanks very much for your help.