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Help me buy an… ND filter

Neutral-density or ND filters have a very simple job to do. They cut the light entering the lens so that you can use a wider lens aperture in bright light, or a much longer exposure. It’s the long exposures that are most tantalising: these can be used to blur surf and skies in landscape shots, or turn boring, choppy lakes and rivers into a silky sheen.

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