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There are so many fires around Oregon and California that most people are staying inside whenever possible because of the smoke. I bought a good mask over the weekend, so if I do have to go out I'll be prepared. It's also very hot (90° - 105°). So, I've got cabin fever and I am not the only one! There are similar conditions in many places on the globe. I just saw on the news that today, Tokyo was 105°! I have been to Japan and it was more humid than anyplace I've ever been, including W. Afri…

====== UPDATE as my 'Club' membership has expired in the uncertainty of the IMA takeover many of the images in the article are not in my most recent 200 and thus will not be visible in the article ====== I've posted a couple of images on ipernity using ND filters made from welder's glass, a cheap way of emulating a Lee Big Stopper filter, and you can go to much higher ND factors too, I've made 900x and a 9600x ND and another which I guess is around 100,000x but I've not found a use for yet. I originally made the filters when I was using a 'point and shoot' and really didn't want to spend as much on an ND as I had on the camera. If you buy the bits off eBay the total cost of a filter is around £3