ND Filters

[White Fly Swater]

I need some help and I want to pick your brains

Whats the best make of ND filters on the market that will not break the bank

I have seen some great photos and want to have a go myself

Have you seen the work of Michael Wesely? have a look at
http://www.wesely.org/wesely/gruppe.php?var=potsda...

Two year exposures !!!!

[miniman]

I recently bought a Cokin P-Series setup, which was a filter holder, a few adapter rings for my lenses, and 4 each of ND and ND Grad filters. Think the whole lot came to about £80. Seem very nice, trying to get the hang of the grad filters though.

[_dobbo_]

Cokin P series grad kit here, filter holder and 3 or 4 ND grads included. the filter holder is 77mm so remember you need a step down adaptor for each size front element you want to cover.

Otherwise you can do what I do and just hold them over the lens with your hand without bothering with the holder.

Yes, they aren't as high quality as Lee filters and no, they aren't as expensive either.

These both done with three grads covering various portions of the frame:







edit to add - can be had for £40.

Edited by _dobbo_ on Thursday 8th May 12:17

[GetCarter]

90% of my photos use ND grads.

For the past two years I have been using Lee. They are much better than Cokin, but 3 times the price.

Steve

Edited by GetCarter on Thursday 8th May 13:47

[Scho]

GetCarter said:

90% of my photos use ND grads.

For the past two years I have been using Lee. They are much better than Cokin, but 3 times the price.

Steve

Edited by GetCarter on Thursday 8th May 13:47

yup.

lee are the ones to get. i used cokin for a while but the quality is not the best.

[jamieboy]

GetCarter said:

For the past two years I have been using Lee. They are much better than Cokin, but 3 times the price.

Sorry if this is a ridiculous question, but what does "better" mean in this context?

Is it optically better, or more robust, or nicer to use, or something else?

[_dobbo_]

Scho said:

GetCarter said:

90% of my photos use ND grads.

For the past two years I have been using Lee. They are much better than Cokin, but 3 times the price.

Steve

yup.

lee are the ones to get. i used cokin for a while but the quality is not the best.

Lee are the ones to get if you already are using top quality glass. If you're firing off shots with a kit lens or a cheap zoom then I can't see why you need to buy lee filters, the cokin ones aren't going to be the weak link in your setup.

For reference, a set of 3x Cokin grads and a holder costs £40. The lee filter holder alone costs more than this, as do each of the individual filters. You'll be in for near to £200 once you've replicated the same kit.

Personally I don't use filters of any kind enough to justify that kind of outlay, so to say Lee are the ones to have isn't necessarily entirely true in all cases.

[Scho]

jamieboy said:

GetCarter said:

For the past two years I have been using Lee. They are much better than Cokin, but 3 times the price.

Sorry if this is a ridiculous question, but what does "better" mean in this context?

Is it optically better, or more robust, or nicer to use, or something else?

optically better.

cokin ones degrade the image quality.

it you can live with that you could save some cake.

[jamieboy]

Scho said:

optically better.

cokin ones degrade the image quality.

it you can live with that you could save some cake.

Great, ta.

[White Fly Swater]

Thanks guys and dolls

if you go for lee filters then resin or ployester????

more confusion !

Bob