Advice on blurring water in bright light please.

[ethan]

Last week I had an issue trying to produce a smooth waterfall scene with both my cameras. I can only assume it was myself that was the issue. The problem I had when trying to lower the shutter speed was the cameras were telling me to lower the sensitivity despite the fact that both were at their lowest setting? Cameras in question were Fuji XT1 and Sony RX100. I had no ND filter available at the time and the lighting conditions were very bright. What would be the best way to deal with this issue. Thanks.

 

[ethan]

I'm due to go down to Fairy Glen at Betsy Coed on the 12th ( which was closed due to flood damage last Winter) and will need to slow the stream down to a smooth milky like texture. Previous photographers have been doing it at an exposure of 22 seconds and focal length of 80mm. I simply can't predict the weather so some kind of a ND filter will be a must if it's too bright. Either this or choose the correct time of day. Are there any particular brands that are cost effective/recommended? I'll be using the XT1 but the only lenses I have approaching 80mm is a XC 50-210 and the Xf 60mm macro. My other lenses fall below and above the two mentioned. I'll look into ND attachments for the RX100 mk2 I have as a back up.

 

[ethan]

Beautiful. Thanks.