Calibrating Variable ND Filters.
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Variable neutral density filters are tricky tools to use even for professional photographers. Here's a simple and easy process for calibrating your VND for 1/10th stop exposure accuracy along with real, unbiased info from a life-long commercial pro including:
Which VND brands test out as best,
How to see and neutralize VND color shift,
How to correctly choose and shoot a grey card,
How to correctly use a flashmeter,
Which VND's to avoid at all costs,
Is the PolarPro brand worth the high price tag?
Download the calibration worksheet PDF here:
vndsmarter.com/
Will Crockett is a semi-retired commercial hybrid photographer with a deep pedigree created by assignments from Time, People and TV Guide, Boeing, United Airlines, McDonalds, The Pentagon, and even a few US Presidents. You may recognize him from the 200+ live seminar events as the primary presenter for Fujifilm, and from the more than 30 photo DVD titles sold thru camera stores across the globe under the ShootSmarter brand.
Will now lives in the central coast of California.
As always, Will, you’re a great educator.
Thank you very much Eric, I appreciate your kind words. -Will
Great info. Thanks again.
Excellent!
I have a B+W 10 stop VND to calibrate by your method. As it is 10 stop Is there anything else you think I should know, Will?
Hi Peter, nothing else needed my friend. Just download the worksheet and follow it as outlined on the video, and I guarantee you will have accurate exposure comp "dots" - or DOUBLE your money back. (haha on the video - not the filter!) Feel free to email me if you need any help Peter.
Where have you been, coach?
Hi! I left Chicago back in 2016 for California and put aside the videos to work on a BIG consulting contract and take a break. After seeing how UA-cam has become the epicenter of photo education (and that the manners of the viewers have greatly improved) I decided to make a few new videos and see how it goes. It's going great so it looks like you are stuck with me for a while making new content from my California studio. hahaha -Will
@@WillCrockett hahaha, yes, still stuck with the best ever reviewer. It's great to see you and look forward to stunning stuff coming up. Keep it up, coach!
@@indieviszual Thank you so much for the kind words my friend. Please be sure to let me know if there's something you would like to learn more about? Next up is "What you DON'T know about f-stops and DOF".
Normal ND filters require no calibration, nor do they cost 200 dollars... Variable ND seems useless.
Hi, thanks for your comment. Variable ND's are terrific tools once you get them calibrated and I use them a lot with my portrait work. Sounds like they are just not for you. Everybody's different. BTW, even fixed density ND's need to be calibrated because of their manufacturing tolerances. They are difficult things to make and have a tolerance of +/- 5% and in my testing I've found that number to be rather low. That's no big deal with a 1/2 stop or 1 stop, but on a 5 stop ND that is almost a 1/2 stop making it problematic for portrait shooters. Thanks for watching my content. - Will