I use a canon xl2 to shoot surf footage, the environment im working in, 90 % of the time, involves heavy sunlight, the white foam created by breaking waves reflects a lot of light which makes finding the settings for a guy in a black wetsuit on a dark green wave very perplexing at the best of times. Add to this a salt mist in the air about 30 % of the time, which reduces sharpness. .Im dealing quite often with salt blowing onto my lens so an expensive polarising filter ect wouldnt last long as i have to clean the thing very often in most cases, so the inbuilt ND filter is a more practical way to reduce light. I would like to know which will give me the best quality;If i were to use only a screw on basic UV filter , no inbuilt ND filter i would typically shoot; f8 , 2000/1 sec , Using the inbuilt ND filter i would likely shoot around; f8, 1200/1 sec .
Also anyone who can offer any tips and tricks would be appreciated
