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Photography Welding glass, for long exposure photography

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edpaul
post Jul 22 2014, 09:13 PM

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Lee Big Stopper 10 Stop. rm7xx

i tried with not one, but a few Welding Glass (my line of work let me get my hand on them)....
1. some has low cut off of 650nm, u get funny color out of it. aka Color Tint. like Red, or purplish blue. in other words, its like IR filter.
2. it terrible distort the image quality due to its thickness(i suspect) when used with ultra wide angle...
3. corner is crazy dark/heavy vignetting. i think due to the thickness issue too.
4. i think welding glass is around 4stops to 6 stops, never measure it. but its doesnt slow down to 10 stop like Lee.

my advise. skip the idea, grab a variable ND for up to 9 stop, or B+W has a 9 stop (ND1000, around 500-600) filter too. or go for LEE for minimal color cast/tint.

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