Recent content by John Lammey

Agree. But good filters are not cheap. More like 30 to 40 each (polarpro). I spent 160 so far and from the real world testing I have been doing I expect to spend another 160. I have been finding the filters I need the most are a nd16 and a nd32. Not being able to skip adjacent filters because I...

All are from Polarpro. Are you concerned with shooting videos or stills? or possibly panoramic shots? I am a professional photographer. I currently shoot commercial photography including 360 panoramic shots. My first professional gig was as a naval photographer in 1972 and 1973. I am new to...

This could be true due to the dynamic range of the scene, assuming the trees are lighted the same as the rest of the scene. In a very high dynamic range scene, an incident light meter reading returns the midpoint and might clip both the shadows and the highlights. That is why I check the...

For video shooting If I did two I would get a ND8 and a ND32 if you are not concerned about extremely bright scenes. Otherwise I would buy a ND4, a ND16, and a ND64. because you can reliably shoot at f2.8 or f4.0 it makes sense to skip adjacent ND filters. for example ND4 and ND16, skipping ND8...

I am using an incident light meter aimed at the sun and as long as the same light that is hitting the subject is hitting the meter then it should give a very good reference exposure. Unless the scene you are reading with a reflected light meter (the one in the drone and all cameras) is an an...

I generally agree but not sure about only needing only an ND16 (4 stops) to cover range. The two images I included of my incident light meter reading today (bright sunny with 50% cloud cover, Philadelphia, PA) suggest f 22 @ 1/60 at ISO 100. It would take 5 stops to get to F 4.0 and 6 stops to...

My analysis of ND Filters I will purchase: ND4, ND16, and ND64 for the Mavic 2 Pro I would appreciate differing opinions. Polarpro Custom 3 pack or custom 6 pack if you want polarizer versions. Here is how I came up with these choices: Assumptions: 1. I want to shoot video using the 180...

Update: I was able to create a color profile that I can access in Lightroom and Photoshop useing Colorchecker Passport photo and the Colorchecker Passport app. It took a couple passes to get this right. The app did not drop the resulting profile in the adobe camera raw folder like it used to. I...

When I import Mavic 2 Pro DNG files to lightroom I cannot use custom color profiles as with other raw formats. It acts like a jpeg. I use Xrite colorchecker to create custom color profiles for all of my other cameras. This only works nor raw images, not jpegs. Is there a way to fix this...