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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Even digital camera sensors have a range of light intensity that they capture best and are limited in the dynamics range that they can capture. That is the difference between the darkest and lightest it can capture at the same time. Using a ND filter allows the photographer to get the camera to better capture the detail of bright things.
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