The other more modern option is that heavy ND filters are now sold for digital lenses (for that long exposure blurred sea/sky effect) and you might find one that fits on your lens...
In older days, the heavy ND filters were gel filters or I had to adapt welding glasses, but new ones are now in threaded sizes... But read reviews on different brands as some have a color shift, if you plan to also shoot color...
No problem, thanks for the thank you!!! :-)
Steve K
I wrote an article about using Packard shutters. The camera in the pics in the article is still in use and has made a large percentage of the images on my web pages. The Packard lives inside the camera and is always ready for whatever I hang up front. Very repeatable 1/20th second and you learn to work within it's parameters. That's what they guys did 100 years ago when the lenses were made, and it still works great today.
And since Jim Galli posted I almost forgot about the Galli Shutter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICLG3HCDlhk
sinar shutter with a rube Goldberg adapter to your camera (unless you shoot a sinar or horseman)
or
a big ol #5 Betax or Ilex with a set of adapters so you can use various lenses in front of it
that's called 'front mounted' (I think) meaning the back of the lenses are mounted to the front of the shutter - one can then use the lenses aperture.. or..if it doesn't have one or is broken, use the shutters aperture (after figuring out the conversions)
What camera do you have now?
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