Yes, another one about welding glass!

[CaveDweller]

To be honest I'd love to go out and splash money on a big stopper filter but the reality is that I'm tight...and skint 90% of the time I have read a lot about using welding glass and wanting to give it a shot. I know there will be a nasty green tint to the shot but I understand the ways to get around it by setting custom WB or converting to B+W.

My question is actually about the type of welding glass needed. There is a lot of talk about loads of different grades. What grade would be most suited for mid day shots?...and obviously with shoving something in front of the lens there will be a reduction in picture quality. Will the reduction in picture quality still be ok to get a decent sized print of the shot, like A4 or A3?

I can get hold of all sorts of welding glass from Mcgregors Industrial Supplies in Inverness. The smallest size starts off at 28p so even crap results will be worth the money

I'm wanting to try out the welding glass because recently I tried some cheap filters my mate bought off Amazon and the ND8 filter gave the pictures a nasty purple tint to it. I have now been put off buying cheap filters after seeing those results so I thought welding glass would be worth a try after seeing some amazing shots on here.

Anyway, essay over. Cheers

 

[Alastair]

Read the big welding glass thread.

I forget which shade value mine is but it gives over ten stops of filter. I've had some excellent results using it, and some less so. It's a matter of getting the technique nailed and choosing the right time and place to use it.

It will tint the image, but it can be corrected for most of the time if you shoot raw.

 

[beyond the blue]

My LCW ND filter is 9 stops roughly equivalent to a shade 7 lens. My advise would be to start with a shade 8. I'm a welder by the way.

 

[CaveDweller]

Cheers will try a grade 8. I do welding on the odd occasion but I have an electronic mask otherwise I'd have ripped out the glass by now. A lot easier working on car bodies with the electronic lens.