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You are welcome my friend! Nice to be here as well with all of you!
Do you have auroras where you live? You are lucky!
I will be looking forward for your photos with light painting!

What problems did you have or why was it complicated to work with filters?
I suppose you mean ND filters. If you are talking about ND filters then it is a must to buy a good one and after careful study. There also some ND filters that are expensive or from known brands and do not to the job...
It is hard to find a really Neutral one and one that doesn't impact sharpness.
And another important thing is that you have to have in mind the White Balance settings. It is better to manually select the appropriate setting. When you use a dark ND filter WB might become tricky for the camera. As for the exposure you should always take in account the reciprocity failure and compensate accordingly the exposure.

It was quite complicated for me also in the beginning but mostly because I was using cheap ND filter sets. But this made me learn a lot of things.

<blockquote data-quote="panos_adgr" data-source="post: 151" data-attributes="member: 12">You are welcome my friend! Nice to be here as well with all of you! Do you have auroras where you live? You are lucky! I will be looking forward for your photos with light painting!What problems did you have or why was it complicated to work with filters?I suppose you mean ND filters. If you are talking about ND filters then it is a must to buy a good one and after careful study. There also some ND filters that are expensive or from known brands and do not to the job... It is hard to find a really Neutral one and one that doesn&#039;t impact sharpness. And another important thing is that you have to have in mind the White Balance settings. It is better to manually select the appropriate setting. When you use a dark ND filter WB might become tricky for the camera. As for the exposure you should always take in account the reciprocity failure and compensate accordingly the exposure. It was quite complicated for me also in the beginning but mostly because I was using cheap ND filter sets. But this made me learn a lot of things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="panos_adgr, post: 151, member: 12"] You are welcome my friend! Nice to be here as well with all of you! Do you have auroras where you live? You are lucky! I will be looking forward for your photos with light painting! What problems did you have or why was it complicated to work with filters? I suppose you mean ND filters. If you are talking about ND filters then it is a must to buy a good one and after careful study. There also some ND filters that are expensive or from known brands and do not to the job... It is hard to find a really Neutral one and one that doesn't impact sharpness. And another important thing is that you have to have in mind the White Balance settings. It is better to manually select the appropriate setting. When you use a dark ND filter WB might become tricky for the camera. As for the exposure you should always take in account the reciprocity failure and compensate accordingly the exposure. It was quite complicated for me also in the beginning but mostly because I was using cheap ND filter sets. But this made me learn a lot of things. [/QUOTE]