Whoops...there goes another £300

[V6GTO]

I got fed up tarting around so just got off the phone to the Lee Filter shop. Foundation kit, ND (hard) kit, hood and cleaning fluid...£300!

Martin.

[te51cle]

Looking forward to seeing the results. Does the £300 include a polariser ? No, probably not at that price !

[V6GTO]

The 105mm circ. pol. is £157, plus £25 for the holder, plus VAT!

M.

[CVP]

V6GTO said:

The 105mm circ. pol. is £157, plus £25 for the holder, plus VAT!

M.

It is expensive but it's fantastic quality. This may be a time for the old addage "buy cheap buy twice". As you've got the Lee kit, you're only going to buy the polariser once and it will cover all your big aperture wide angle lenses too.

See, there you are, I've justified it for you and talked you into it already. Bloke logic at work

Cheers

Chris

[GetCarter]

CVP said:

"buy cheap buy twice".

I've had 2 Caterhams... does that count?

[GetCarter]

BTW Martin... well done on the hood. Don't ever bring it to Scotland, or you'll lose it.

[CVP]

GetCarter said:

CVP said:

"buy cheap buy twice".

I've had 2 Caterhams... does that count?

From looking at second hand CSR's, cheap is the last thing you can say about Caterhams! Looks like I'll have the Boxster for a while longer yet.

Chris

[V6GTO]

Thanks Chris, you smooth talking devil...I think I just might

Martin.

[CVP]

V6GTO said:

Thanks Chris, you smooth talking devil...I think I just might

Martin.

I used this very same logic recently when I chopped in my 300 f2.8 non VR AFS lens for....a 200-400 f4 with VR and AFS. Bloke logic was "it's roughly the same weight, gives me the same apperture as the 300 with the converter on and gives me much more compositional creativity than the fixed focal length" I completely neglected to think about(well more like wanted to ignore) the cost to change

Bloke logic - powerful stuff

Chris

[wyvern971]

CVP said:

Bloke logic - powerful stuff

Better than bird (brain) logic

Nice puchase m8, now think I might have to look into a set of these........

[V6GTO]

GetCarter said:

BTW Martin... well done on the hood.

I was half way through ordering when I had an uncontrollable urge to phone Gravy to ask if I should buy it or not. Needless to say he thought I needed one, good man

Martin.

PS - he said they should be here tomorrow

www.teamworkphoto.com/lee_filters.html

Edited by V6GTO on Friday 19th January 17:26

[poah]

you think there is any difference between the finshed result using cokin or Lee?

[V6GTO]

poah said:

you think there is any difference between the finshed result using cokin or Lee?

Havn't got a clue, but like a lot of things in life...I just HAD to have it

Martin.

[poah]

I'd like em just for the non vignetting on my 10-22. the CP is a serious bit of glass BTW lol

[le gravy noire]

It is not a purchase you will regret.

[graham@edinburgh]

I went Lee simply because..well...Steve had produced tangible results and also, it was only 25 quid for a holder vs 10 quid for Cokin. Sure, it's more expensive, but, hell, at that level, it's not something you really can complain about.25 quid vs 10 quid....ffs.this is PH...that's what, 1/3 tank of petrol...if that? Behave

[_dobbo_]

poah said:

I'd like em just for the non vignetting on my 10-22. the CP is a serious bit of glass BTW lol

Do you get vignetting with your Cokins? I just tried out my cokin filter holder on my 10-20 and got no vignetting at all (other than the usual fall off at the edges).

[V6GTO]

YEEHAAAAAA!!!!

Ordered just before 2 PM yesterday...here at 10 AM today!

Martin

PS +

[LongQ]

V6GTO said:

YEEHAAAAAA!!!!

Ordered just before 2 PM yesterday...here at 10 AM today!

Martin

PS +

One might have expected a sample image post by, say, 11am yesterday. But here it is well over 24 hours later and .... nothing.


What IS going on?

Has the world ended and nobody told me?

[poah]

_dobbo_ said:

poah said:

I'd like em just for the non vignetting on my 10-22. the CP is a serious bit of glass BTW lol

Do you get vignetting with your Cokins? I just tried out my cokin filter holder on my 10-20 and got no vignetting at all (other than the usual fall off at the edges).

the cokin P filter shows up below 14mm