Don't forget that other, much better, filters are available to fit Cokin P holders, particularly Singh-Ray filters.
Oh, and Cokin's grads aren't neutral, they're slightly brown. -Adam William Robb wrote: > Cokin? Not the best, but they are fairly inexpensive. > > Calumet/Lee filters are very good, and while somewhat pricey, won't kill you > if you choose wisely. The unmounted ones are massive 4x6 inch slabs that > slide into a Cokin-like filter holder, and are, therefore adjustable in the > holder in the event you don't want the grad to be dead center in the > picture. > > I wouldn't buy a mounted grad filter because of their limited adjustability, > I'd take a quality hit first (Cokin). > > Cokin grads seem to run about 20 bucks each at Adorama, I expect this is for > their smaller filters, they make several sizes. > The small (A series) are good to a 62mm filter thread, if you need something > bigger, or are intending to use the things on wide angle lenses, then you > will need to go to the P series (up to 82mm) or possibly the Z-Pro series > (96mm thread). > The reason for needing a large filter set for wide angle lenses is because > the holders are quite substantial, and can cause vignetting if they aren't > quite large. > Unfortunately, the really wide angle lenses we are getting are also rather > big, so big accessories are required. > > Lee filters are closer to $60.00 for the 4x6 inch filters, the holders are > another $80.00 > > Dig around Adorama's website for prices on Cokin, and also check Cokin's > website for what is available. > > http://www.cokin.com > > Lee filters are sold by Calumet: > > http://www.calumetphoto.com > > Don't eliminate the possibility of layering several exposures on top of each > other to compress the tonal range when possible. One can get very good > results by doing one exposure for the foreground and another for the sky and > combining them in Photoshop. It's probably as fast or faster than setting up > a grad filter. > > Have fun > > William Robb > > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
