Do you know this? You have various nice accessories, but they are rarely used. For us, the Lee Big Stopper is one of those skeletons in our photo backpack. The Big Stopper is a strong neutral density filter that increases the exposure time by a thousand times. You can do some really nice stuff with it. And that’s why it should be used more often in the future.
Dug out
As I said, we had the thing for quite a while. But only while working on our book we unpacked it and tried it out on a sunny day.
Ok, not a really exciting photo. But 25 seconds of exposure time in bright daylight is quite a lot. However, working with such a strong neutral density filter takes some getting used to. Of course, you need a tripod. But before you put the filter on the lens, it’s essential to frame, focus, and meter the exposure. Because as soon as the filter is on the lens, the viewfinder goes dark and neither the autofocus nor the exposure metering still work (or at least no longer reliably).
The required exposure time can be calculated with the extension factor or simply taken from the attached table. Thus, 1/1000 s without filter becomes an exposure time of 1 s or 1/30 s becomes a whole 30 seconds. This corresponds to 10 exposure steps.
The next thing to do now is definitely taking a photo of the Bremen marketplace with a long exposure. We’ve always wanted to do that.
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