Comments on: Guest Post – Alec Johnson: Split Neutral Density Filters Part 1

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:34:43 +0000

Thanks Alec. You sold me on hand-holding. I was going to buy a holder system but now I think I’ll save that money and spend it on a bigger filter instead. Like Arthur, I think some tips on hand-holding technique would be nice.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:11:23 +0000

Thank you Alec, an excellent video. Thanks again to you, Mark, for hosting this!

I’ve always been put off by the manual dexterity needed to work with filter holders (especially when the light is changing quickly).

When hand holding, do you touch the filters to the front of the lens (risking camera movement and, I suppose, scratches)? Or do you hold the filters a few mm away from the lens, which I’ve always thought would make positioning of the horizon less precise (especially with my shaky hands!) and maybe do funny things with reflections?

I’d love to know how people handle this.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:12:29 +0000

This has gone a long way to making my decisions as to which way to go a lot clearer.
Thank you all for your efforts.

By: April

April — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:39:46 +0000

What a wonderfully concise explanation of why and how to use split ND filters. That’s something I’ve been wanting to try, but wasn’t quite sure how to go about it. Looking forward to Part 2!

And Mark, a terrific addition to the always inspiring content you offer through your site!

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:16:48 +0000

Very nicely done video. Excellent content. Thanks