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Cinematic Motion Blur for Fives Quid
By Lewis Whitter, wedding & events photographer (11+ years) · How we pickWant that buttery cinematic motion blur without breaking the bank? Stop scrolling. Grab a cheap variable ND filter from a charity shop or car boot sale for about a fiver.
Screw it onto your lens. Now, you can keep your shutter speed at double your frame rate—say, one-fiftieth for twenty-four frames per second—even in bright daylight.
Without it, your footage looks twitchy and amateur. With it, you get natural, filmic blur on cars and movement.
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