I want to get this filter set but I do need to decide if I just was 2-5 stops only or have 2-9 stops for the extra $40. Want to know if anyone has experience with very dark ND filters.
There aren't many situations where you want to prevent 99.6% of the light getting through to the sensor.I want to get this filter set but I do need to decide if I just was 2-5 stops only or have 2-9 stops for the extra $40. Want to know if anyone has experience with very dark ND filters.
Here’s the conundrum...I want to get this filter set but I do need to decide if I just was 2-5 stops only or have 2-9 stops for the extra $40. Want to know if anyone has experience with very dark ND filters.
Dave is it possible for you to explain this "lower quality video" you mentioned, as I am slightly confused by this statement? There's a good chance I haven't gotten something you mentioned.Unless you really have a thing about motion blur, ND filters just create lower quality video by lowering the amount of light reaching the sensor. They have no enhancement effects at all for either color or dynamic range.
I'm still confused that anyone would apply a heavier ND filter than they need to attain their shutter angle needed for whatever they are capturing so as to achieve clean video! Are you not shooting in manual mode? My ISO stays where I set it, it never changes unless I choose to do that.Generally what happens is that the ND filter forces the ISO higher. The DJI sensors have poor performance at high ISOs. The base ISO starts out at 100, and then ramps up. Anything past 400 shows poorer color, and lots of luminance and chrominance noise.
What ISO do you end up shooting with when you force the f-stop to 2.8?
I'm still confused that anyone would apply a heavier ND filter than they need to attain their shutter angle needed for whatever they are capturing so as to achieve clean video! Are you not shooting in manual mode? My ISO stays where I set it, it never changes unless I choose to do that.
On my drones, I'm almost always at ISO 100, but will go up to ISO 800 or so with no issues on my old Parrot Anafi and even the MA2 is pretty clean at that ISO from my very brief experimenting done so far with video capture on it.
There is no forcing the aperture on either the MA2 or the Anafi, they are both fixed f/2.8 apertures. On my regular video equipment I use variable ND's and stick to the base ISO's of 100, 400 or 800 for the sensors of those cameras or go up to their second ISO level of either ISO 800 or 3200, depending on the camera being used.
For beaches here in our South Aussie Summertime, the most I have ever needed was an ND 128, so as to achieve a 1/50 shutter for 25fps (180 degree shutter angle) at ISO 100 on the Anafi (French designed drone). That was maintaining a + 1 1/3 EV so it looked right.Hmmmm - I wonder if the 256 is right for snowy mountain tops, or other sunny snow/dessert scenes?
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You could be on to something there! ?Maybe the ND256 is pretty much factory fitted in Saudi Arabia ? [emoji848]?
It would be cool to see some of your results, if you have any up on youtube or similar.I have an ND-400, ND-1000, and ND-2000 I use for long exposure hyperlapse.
Couldn’t get the motion blur I need with the ND-256