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ND Filters

ND is the common reference for Neutral density filters that essentially act like sunglasses for the camera. ND filters allow you to decrease the amount of light entering the lens in order to keep your aperture setting at a fixed f-stop number that will give you a preferred setting of your depth of field or specific shutter rating. Common ND filter ratings are 0.3, 0.6 0.9 and 1.2 which are referred to as "ND-3, ND-6, ND-9 ad ND-12 respectively. 

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ND is the common reference for Neutral density filters that essentially act like sunglasses for the camera. ND filters allow you to decrease the amount of light entering the lens in order to keep your aperture setting at a fixed f-stop number that will give you a preferred setting of your depth of field or specific shutter rating. Common ND filter ratings are 0.3, 0.6 0.9 and 1.2 which are referred to as "ND-3, ND-6, ND-9 ad ND-12 respectively.