Interested in solar photography? Before you go out and start taking shots of the blazing sun, you should know that proper gear is absolutely necessary. The sun is extremely bright and constantly radiates harmful rays, such as ultraviolet and infrared, making certain precautions necessary. Taking a direct photo of the sun without the correct filter
A Neutral Density (ND) filter is a special lens filter made of glass or resin which reduces the amount of light hitting your camera’s sensor. It is basically designed to have some impact on the quantity of light that passes through it. Some other factors such as color or polarization of the light remain unaffected.
I have to admit, I was a late starter to the lens filter game. Back in the film days lens filters were the norm, but with the advent of digital it initially felt like all the tricks photo filters could perform could be done in software. Oh, how wrong. It took some time to get