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NEUTRAL DENSITY FILTERS

Solid neutral density filters (as opposed to the ‘graduated’ variety) are one of the landscape photographer’s most essential tools. These are semiopaque, and reduce the amount of light passing through them across all wavelengths equally, so that when they’re placed in front of a lens they reduce the amount of light reaching your camera’s sensor, but without affecting colour transmission.

This allows you to use longer shutter speeds and higher apertures in conditions

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