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• Malika D.
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• January 20, 2012
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What type of bellows do you use?

What type of bellows is on your Nikon D3x in your video? Is it a Lee's filter bellows?

• Answered by
• Yuri
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• May 2, 2012
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Normally what you are referring to is called the "hood", and "bellows" is an certain kind of hood that looks like and old fashion video camera. And yes, it's from LEE filters. I use that specific type of hood because if you are shooting with a zoom lens, you can extend it and push it in to get a little more contrast on some images. :) But this is super nerdy stuff, and I'm not sure everyone will benefit from doing this. :)
I like shooting close to the RAW file limiting the post-production necessary, and this is one of the tricks that can be used for achieving this.
I would, however, not recommend untrained photographers to use this type of hood, because there is also a risk of getting the hood into the actual shot if you don't really know how to use it properly or if you're just not being cautious enough. :)