Fuji X100 with stacked ND Filters

Middle of the day, glaring sunshine, temp around 35, got it into my head to see how the X100 would go with the filters (NDx8 and ND400) I had purchased ages ago for my K-5 lenses. Pretty happy with it. Wish I had a remote shutter release though, holding the release down manually for 10+ seconds is a bit fraught. This shot was a 28 second shot. ISO 640 simply because I forgot to change it from the last use of the camera. The shot needed to be longer... I'll try it again when I get a remote thingy to screw into the shutter release. Used to have one (for the old Minolta).. lost now, dammit.

The two shots are from the same base file, I just felt compelled to process in a couple of different ways. Comments welcome as always.

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Ferry Landing 1 by kyte50, on Flickr

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Ferry Landing 2 by kyte50, on Flickr

And my car broke down on the way home.
 
Not good about the car! :-( but I do like photo number two :)
Thanks, Kerri. Yes, seems like I am going to be grounded again, except for short trips. My car has a mysterious illness which I believe is going to cost ~$500+ to fix. This means Tom doesn't get his jab this month, and I am going to be putting more things up for sale.

Yes I prefer the warmer image - two - too.

Thanks, Bill.
 
I had trouble with understanding why you had to hold down the shutter button for the duration of exposure. Now it all makes sense.

I propose at some stage, when the notion of flowing water makes seasonal sense, to get a 9 stop ND. In the interim, I am hoping to get some Lee ND grads and a Sigma circular polariser. Toys, fun & games!
 
Crikey I'm a twit. Longer (or different) shutter speeds to whats on the dial is available by turning the controller wheel on the back of the camera. LOL.

Going to try it again (but not before my crank angle sensor is fixed)

Sue it still maxes out at 30" right? How does one keep the shutter open longer?
 
Sue it still maxes out at 30" right? How does one keep the shutter open longer?

Yes 30 secs. for longer you need the cable release gadget I was talking about. There wont be any long long exposures, because this is fully manual, but it does have a locking mechanism so you would not need to hold on. You will need to watch the timer though because theres no automatic option for the X100, afaik. When you set it to B, theres a very large countdown timer in the LCD screen so its not so bad And cheap. Think I'll get one, since I cant find the one I already owned from my Minolta days.
 
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