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linuxcooldude

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I have to most likely shoot in bright light with little to no clouds at noon. Which three settings should I use? Canon 24-105mm L lens...to maintain native 850 ISO...ND1 f22...ND2 f14...ND3 f7.5. Made some comparisions. It seems ND2 at f14 might be the best? Don't care about shallow depth of field. I'm still not sure.
 
I have to most likely shoot in bright light with little to no clouds at noon. Which three settings should I use? Canon 24-105mm L lens...to maintain native 850 ISO...ND1 f22...ND2 f14...ND3 f7.5. Made some comparisions. It seems ND2 at f14 might be the best? Don't care about shallow depth of field. I'm still not sure.

i'd go with nd3/f7,5, so you'll have more leeway in both directions. you might have a little more color cast with nd3 than with nd2 but that won't be a problem if you do a proper white balance. (when you're at it, do a black balance as well).
with nd2/f14+, you'll likely hit the diffraction limit and have more blurry images.
 
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