10 stop: I have some photos successfully taken with my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G using my 10 stop neutral density filter. Some are rather interesting and a bit of a mystery as to why...

Vaun's photography Loc: Bonney Lake, WA

I have some photos successfully taken with my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G using my 10 stop neutral density filter.

Some are rather interesting and a bit of a mystery as to why they turned out the way they did. The others I'm really happy with.

Enjoy if you can.

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Possibly this look is a result of water droplets on either the camera lens or the neutral density filter.

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Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Interesting, indeed.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Were you holding your smartphone in front of a 10 stop filter or was the filter a clip on? Did you have a specific goal in mind when you did this or was this, let me see what happens when I do this?

Vaun's photography Loc: Bonney Lake, WA

Wingpilot wrote:

Interesting, indeed.

Thanks for looking and for your comment! Much appreciated Greg 👍.

Vaun's photography Loc: Bonney Lake, WA

Fstop12 wrote:

Were you holding your smartphone in front of a 10 stop filter or was the filter a clip on? Did you have a specific goal in mind when you did this or was this, let me see what happens when I do this?

It is a magnetic mounted filter. I wanted to capture traffic light trails and longer exposures of water.

I'm also curious to see what other effects the filters may have on movement photos.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Vaun's photography wrote:

It is a magnetic mounted filter. I wanted to capture traffic light trails and longer exposures of water.

I'm also curious to see what other effects the filters may have on movement photos.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

You have to force the phone to pick a shutter speed. Use the Samsung "Expert Raw" camera app. Set the ISO to a fixed setting like 100. Put the shutter speed on "Auto". The aperture is fixed. Attach the filter and mount the phone on a tripod. The phone should now pick a long shutter speed. If too dark or too light, change the EV in "Expert Raw".

Vaun's photography Loc: Bonney Lake, WA

bsprague wrote:

You have to force the phone to pick a shutter speed. Use the Samsung "Expert Raw" camera app. Set the ISO to a fixed setting like 100. Put the shutter speed on "Auto". The aperture is fixed. Attach the filter and mount the phone on a tripod. The phone should now pick a long shutter speed. If too dark or too light, change the EV in "Expert Raw".

Thanks for looking and for your comment 👍! Much appreciated. I've never used the "Expert Raw", mostly because I don't like shooting in Raw because of the large file sizes.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

bsprague wrote:

You have to force the phone to pick a shutter speed. Use the Samsung "Expert Raw" camera app. Set the ISO to a fixed setting like 100. Put the shutter speed on "Auto". The aperture is fixed. Attach the filter and mount the phone on a tripod. The phone should now pick a long shutter speed. If too dark or too light, change the EV in "Expert Raw".

Or you can just use excellent Long exposure apps, like Slow Shutter Cam or EvenLonger. I'm sure there are a few more.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Fstop12 wrote:

Or you can just use excellent Long exposure apps, like Slow Shutter Cam or EvenLonger. I'm sure there are a few more.

I was thinking the same thing. Using an ND filter on a regular camera is fairly easy because of all the manual controls, however it’s a bit more tricky with a cellphone camera because so much of what it does is is fully automated and on its own, there isn’t much the photographer can control. But there are some apps that enable things to be done more easily, such as the Slow Shutter Cam app. And a 10 stop ND filter doesn’t let much light through, so it’s imperative to be able to set ISO shutter speed and aperture.

But keep at it, Vaun. After you get all that sorted out, post some more examples of the results. And yes, a tripod or monopod is super important when doing this because it’s just not possible to hold a camera still enough to get a good result when using an ND filter, especially a 10 stop.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Wingpilot wrote:

I was thinking the same thing. Using an ND filter... (show quote)

smf85 Loc: Freeport, IL

Vaun's photography wrote:

I have some photos successfully taken with my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G using my 10 stop neutral density filter.

Some are rather interesting and a bit of a mystery as to why they turned out the way they did. The others I'm really happy with.

Enjoy if you can.

Quite interesting.

Vaun's photography Loc: Bonney Lake, WA

smf85 wrote:

Quite interesting.

Thanks for looking and for your comment! Much appreciated 👍.