Panasonic DMW-LND46 filter for FZ35/38

Hello,

Everything began when I experimented in the video mode of the bright bars purple and white with my camera Panasonic FZ35/38. I found very good elements of answers on the forum of DP Review.
The forum messages that help me are there: FZ35/38 video experiences: severe glare problems.
Here the link for the first post: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1033&message=33114322
and maybe the solution: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1033&message=33313093

So I bought the Panasonic filter DMW-LN46 (a neutral density filter nd8). This ND filter reduces the amount of incoming light by 1/8 th without affecting color balance.

I take my FZ35 to outdoor on a sunny day near a river. I shot whit and whitout that filter. That was a succes for me! About 90% of improvement. I took my SDCard and put the video clips on Sony Vegas Studio Platinum 9. I made a little film. I hope that will help you if you have some glare problem.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• fz35
• fz38
• ND
• filter
• glare

[deejay187]

Nice one. Quick question:

Do you know how much does the filter affect low light conditions?

[lhommeenbleu]

I dont recommand this filter in low light conditions.

[DArklite2007]

The FZ35 can be a PITA with the purple streaks in video mode whenever the lens pans near or over the sun, and sometimes those shots are needed.

The ND8 filter works great. Enjoy the sunsets :)

Thanks for sharing the video!

[wupeide]

In case you guys haven't figured it out yet. The issue here is shutter speed. If you shoot a slower shutter speeds, you get less of this "blooming" or whatever the correct term is. The filter enables you to do this. In testing that I have done 1/30th is the best shutter speed to be shooting at. However, to use that shutter speed in daylight you will need to be shooting with 2 nd8 filters! (if my simple calculations were correct this morning.)

[StrictlySteezyNYC]

Can i put a fisheye with the filter

[criticaltinker]

just buy it a try man. anyway you can also use it in bright light and glares. it's about 22 bucks in some websites.

[deejay187]

@lhommeenbleu it's just i do movies in a nightclub where it is pretty dark but theres also bright lights that shine and they cause quite bad glare. So its definitely no good for this scenario?

[jeffhanson1]

Great job! I wonder if the next level down, a NDX4 from Tiffen, Hoya, etc, would yield the same results?

[back2themusic]

filter does help indeed

thank you

[subbass32]

What mode were you shooting in? In manual, you can adjust the exposure and or shutter speed/aperture, WHILE you are shooting, you may be able to get even better results!