coffee mug camera lens 300x267 €5 Hack For Thrifty Photographers   Make A 10 Stop Filter I keep an eye on a Flickr photostream by Victor Walsh. He covers quite a variety of subjects with professionalism. He just posted this hack with some parts he bought from eBay. The total cost was €5. Simply put, he glued some stuff together and got a great result – a 10 Stop Filter.


Here is the shot he accomplished with this hack with his own words.


Victors Hack €5 Hack For Thrifty Photographers   Make A 10 Stop Filter

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I finally got round to trying out my homemade 10 stop filter.

I glued a cheap eBay ND filter onto a 10 stop welders glass.

Total cost €5.

Not the best landscape but good enough for a test.

Next time i will reduce my ISO to 100 and lengthen the exposure to 30 secs or more.


You can accomplish this with some simple “hackery” with this shopping list:

  1. Welding Glass €1.50
  2. Filter €2.00
  3. Superlgue €0.50
  4. Postage €1.00


Simple!! But a clever use of resources in this economy.

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