Welding glass Club

Culture · 05-27-2013, 03:07 AM

Of all the cheap ways that we try to invent to make photography interesting I find the Welding glass as an ND filter very interesting.
As this is not a lens I am not sure if it will be accepted into the Lens club, so I put it in the technique forum.
Post your shots.
Here are mine.

Jean Poitiers · 05-27-2013, 03:15 AM

Very nice captures and a good idea ... may have to try this out ! J

**Kerrowdown** · 05-27-2013, 01:51 PM

Originally posted by Culture

Welding glass Club

You'd have to find a good one, a flat field and without flaws, imperfections or distortions that would show up in the images.

Otherwise it should work fine, out of interest what value ND do they work out to be roughly?

Culture · 05-27-2013, 09:51 PM

Originally posted by kerrowdown

You'd have to find a good one, a flat field and without flaws, imperfections or distortions that would show up in the images.

Otherwise it should work fine, out of interest what value ND do they work out to be roughly?

There seem to be several dark levels. I really dont know and I have not done any calculations.

The one that I used for the images above was rated DIN9.

Depending on where I was pointing it to I realised that I could make out objects in liveview. Meaning the glass wasnt stopping enough light.

I just picked myself a DIN14 last friday. I was told it was the darkest they have. My guess is that it will be equivalent to ND10.

Keep in mind though that depending on the type glass there will be a green or purple cast on the image. You will have to remove that during PP.

It was not that difficult to do in my case.

05-27-2013, 03:07 AM	#1
Culture Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Vaasa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 818	Welding glass Club Of all the cheap ways that we try to invent to make photography interesting I find the Welding glass as an ND filter very interesting. As this is not a lens I am not sure if it will be accepted into the Lens club, so I put it in the technique forum. Post your shots. Here are mine.

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Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Very nice captures and a good idea ... may have to try this out ! J

05-27-2013, 01:51 PM	#3
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,819	Originally posted by Culture Welding glass Club You'd have to find a good one, a flat field and without flaws, imperfections or distortions that would show up in the images. Otherwise it should work fine, out of interest what value ND do they work out to be roughly?

05-27-2013, 09:51 PM	#4
Culture Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Vaasa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 818 Original Poster	Originally posted by kerrowdown You'd have to find a good one, a flat field and without flaws, imperfections or distortions that would show up in the images. Otherwise it should work fine, out of interest what value ND do they work out to be roughly? There seem to be several dark levels. I really dont know and I have not done any calculations. The one that I used for the images above was rated DIN9. Depending on where I was pointing it to I realised that I could make out objects in liveview. Meaning the glass wasnt stopping enough light. I just picked myself a DIN14 last friday. I was told it was the darkest they have. My guess is that it will be equivalent to ND10. Keep in mind though that depending on the type glass there will be a green or purple cast on the image. You will have to remove that during PP. It was not that difficult to do in my case.