Super important application for ND filters in videography to achieve film looks is to use a common trick with setting your shutter speed to one over double of your FPS (24, 25 or sometimes 30 FPS for cinema look) - so like 1/50 or 1/60. This allows smooth motion blur, but will most likely be overexposed, so here is where ND filter comes into play and saves the day!
Yeah, this seems like a much more practical use case than shown in the demo. I was wondering why he would need a ND f in his demonstration when he could still just adjust the exposure. But I can see some other use cases where lowering exposure wouldn't be enough.
ooh, i'm just getting into video and am always trying to do the 24fps / 50 shutter motion blur trick but generally can't because.. yeah.. no ND filter.. THANK YOU
Because the example isn't really perfect. A good example would be a scenario where you needed a certain aperture and shutter speed set without getting overexposed, like taking a video. That is where ND Filters really shine.
If you decrease the shutter speed you will get a still image. The purpose of nd filters is that you can have long exposure photos with out decreasing the shutter speed.
@@Kieennny and also for video, you want to use the double of the frame rate to your shutter speed. Example: shooting at 24fps, you use 1/50. So during the day you need to use an ND filter.
He was probably trying to finish the video as fast as he could so didn’t bother explaining initially. He did kinda mentioned it with the long exposure, what he really meant to say was if you want motion blur in the image made with slow shutter speed you have to use ND filters. For proper exposure freezing action you can just raise your shutter speed, of course for some cameras the fastest shutter speed is 1/4000s so that really isn’t enough in extremely bright lit conditions and therefore you still need a ND filter. He just wasn’t very good at explaining it.
Question for you. For your particular example, why couldn't you just crank the shutter speed up to a level that reduces the exposure enough for your aperture to be lower?
@@fabianj6008 i actually know the answer now. On a day with tons of light you actually can crank the shutter speed up to allow for a really wide aperture. But one situation where you may want a lower shutter speed would be when you are trying to capture long exposure photos, for example if you are trying to take a photo of a waterfall and have the water look milky and smooth you might set the shutter speed to half a second. But if you do this in bright daylight you will have to up your aperture to compensate for how much light gets in. But if you use an ND filter you can have your cake and eat it too. It allows you to capture photos at a lower aperture, with a slow shutter speed in very bright light.
I was just at the beach yesterday taking some photos, and max 1/4000 shutter speed and Aperture of 1.8 and ISO 100 still had things over exposed. I was forced to close the aperture
On the shoe shot, why not just increase the shutter speed? Wouldn't that give you the same effect of the other result with the ND? I just don't see why its *necessary* in that situation. I can see why it is necessary for photographing waterfalls in daylight and with longer exposure of course, or any other situation where you have to keep the exposure longer. But is it useful for anything else?
I recently had a situation where all surrounding light was so bright on f1.8 that I couldn’t properly control the exposure with just the shutter speed. ND filter is also very useful here, it gives me a little more play
You are right in relation to photography 📸 yes you could just increase the shutter speed when taking a still photo. In terms of Videography, you want to leave the shutter speed at double your video framerate for example: 25fps = shutter speed of 1/50sec. This keeps a natural amount of motion blur when watching video.
Increasing the shutter speed would DECREASE the amount of light AND decrease the amount of sharp parallel light rays which can be collimated using a lower f-stop.
That trick you did with the DOF (depth of field) bokeh with the ND filter is what I want to try. I’m going. To get a second hand Cannon 50mm 1.4f lens and try this.
Thank you for your video. The content you put out is very easy to follow and incredibly informative. That being said, I am looking for a starter setup to make promo videos for massage, competition disc golf, rock climbing, among other hobbies. You mentioned Polar Pro for smartphone filters, are there any other mobile-phone setups you may recommend?
Although I understand completely what you've said and why an ND filter is important, I don't understand why can't you just raise the shutter speed in that particular example, so that the image won't get bright. For photos of moving subjects with blurry backgrounds I understand that this is useful because, for example, if your taking a picture of a plane passing very fast in front of some scenery, you can put ISO in lowest value for less noise, shutter speed in 1/50th and aperture in f0.95 and that's where an ND filter will help. But in static objects where you don't need low shutter speed I don't understand the purpose of it
So do nd filters have much of a use indoors i use my s23 for ebay and i sell jewlery so i often have artifical light that looks bad. Would a nd filter do anything to make it look better when i use the flash its almost too much.. and the pics look terrible.... i know nothing about photography by the way im trying to learn to up my ebay picture quality.
Interessante demais o conteúdo! Imagine num local ensolarado como meu País, sem filtros não tem como conseguir boas imagens! (Too interesting the content! Imagine in a sunny place like my country, without filters there is no way to get good images!). Saudações amigo. Att. Roberto.
lol wut... I got absolutely nothing out of this video. I have no idea what he was trying to communicate. A beginner would come out of this thinking they need an ND filter instead of changing their exposure triangle.
it's literally impossible to have watched that video, actually comprehend it, and then say you came away with nothing. he composed the shot, adjusted the exposure triangle to his artistic intention, and introduced a filter to allow him to use the triangle he intended.
just go straight to the beef just say dirctly what is the nd filter without intros why do you torture viewers. why wasting one minute asking questions viewers was asking in his mind before searching on youtube
👍 Thanks again, Steve! The beard looks great on you here, and I love the gorgeous landscapes you often film in. Learning much from you, brother. Peace and blessings to you and all.
Beautiful vlog . Very informative. I make virtual walk video from my iPhone so Can you please suggest me which lens I should get. Wide angle lens or anamorphic lens . Any suggestions will be highly appreciated. Thank you 🙏
It’s so funny I was just asking my photographer friend if he ever used ND filters, and both of us with 10ish years of video/photography have always always been shooting in low light and never used them. It’s interesting how we all have different concerns and practices.
dude, if you drop your camera most lenses will simply shatter (as the camera itself) and no ND will ever save them. ND will protect from situations when the lens cap is not on them and other objects (like keys or other metal) can scratch the lens (e.g. in the backpack). You can also simply lose the cap, the ND glass will also help in that case.
No. Neon light is actually oscillating at 60hz; frequency of power grid. It is never always on, but it looks like it. You have to shoot at a frame rate that is a multiple of 60hz (cycles). Like 30 or 60 fps. Don't shoot at 24fps. The neon light is powered from the grid; 120VAC (Alternating Current [AC]). Unlike DC, AC switches polarity and actually goes off every cycle. In the US, 60 times a second.
Thanks Steve! Great instruction, as always! Would love to see you do a follow-up to this one that covers ND and polarizing filters on GoPro and iPhones.
