An ND filter won't do anything for the look of your photos or videos.Before I buy filters for my new P4P2 I’d appreciate some advice. In bright Florida sun and flying Mavic Pro near/over the ocean & lakes a lot, I’ve almost always used PolarPro’s ND32/PL. I’ve been happy with the results but I don’t know how non-polarizing ND would look. Recommendations, please!
I'm going to bite the bullet on filters. There are a number of options and bundles and in the end I'm probably going to end up using just one or two.An ND filter won't do anything for the look of your photos or videos.
It reduces the amount of light without changing anything else so the only effect it will have it to make you shoot at a slower shutter speed.
And a polarising filter is very tricky to use properly on a drone.
To work properly, you have to align the filter in the right direction relative to the sun,
If you change the direction that the drone is facing, te filter is no longer aligned correctly and isn't working properly.
There is a lot of reflected light off of both water and green foliage and a polarizing filter will help more than a ND filter. Polarizing filters are most effective when the sun is at a 90 degree angle to the direction in which the camera is pointed. There is also the problem of fall-off with a very wide angle lens with there being less polarization at the edges of the frame.
You should always attempt to get to the "sweet spot" of the lens aperture. Doing that (with the correct shutter & 100 ISO) requires sometimes using different NDs depending on the amount of sunshine.Why should I have all the collection? Because of the aperture that I can change on P4P may be it's good to have only ND8/PL single filter.
I think the ND4 is almost a waste of time and money, I'd rather they sold kits of just ND8-16, and lowered the price. The only time I might use one is right before a thunder storm with dark storm clouds for video, but even in that circumstance, I was able to get by with an ND8.I've never used a 4. When would you use that?
Excellent paragraph and description of a CLPL.
The effect it can make on foliage due to the light reflection issues is huge. And glare on rocks near water.
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