Obviously it was a thing for film cameras, but now that everything is digital, something like “just make the picture darker” seems extremely easy to do with software
quick edit, I know what ND filters are for and how to use them, no need to explain. it just seems to me that it could be engineered in a way that doesn’t require them, which is what I’m asking about
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ND filters allow you to finely control aperture and speed to get the result you are looking for.
Software now makes a reasonable attempt at blurring the background but it’s still obvious it was software created. Whereas using a wide aperture gives wonderful bokeh with beautiful gradations. Ditto for wanting to use a slow shutter speed to grab motion blur.
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