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Cokin vrs Lee
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A quick question to the landscape photographers out there, I’m planning to buy a set of nd grads and want to get the best, cokin are great value but Lee seem to be used by all the top UK based photographers, I know that a lot of them would get them free to promote them so is there any advice out there.
Hi Redfox.
I am having the same dilema.
I want to try the ten stop ND filters but torn between paying about 40quid for the B&W brand or paying a 100 quick for Lee big stopper.
Any advice from any users who know these filters would also be appreciated
Cheers, DeeHi, I started out with Cokins myself but changed to Lee several years ago…Lee filters are the best and the main reason
was no colour cast whatsoever…Cokins ND Graduated filters always gave a slight colour cast, easily fixed with software
but more time spent on the computer. Lee filters are top class and if you are going to invest, i think you should get the
best because you will probably want them in a few years time anyhow. They are costly but definately worth it. Not sure about
the Lee 10 stopper, have’nt heard anything bad though, you would of course have to buy the filter holder as well as they are not
screw-in.Noel.
Cheers Noel
Yes, thats what I thought.
I looked at the lee’s and all good reviews and I know they are the best on the market. but 100 quid plus the holder does drive the price up
Whereas 30quid screw in might suffice for a year or two.
Thanks, DeeHi,
I started off with Cokin filters but found that the Neutral Density filters gave a red colour cast to my photographs. Although this can be removed in post production, I got a bit fed up of spending time doing this, and ended up purchasing Lee filters.
In my opinion the difference is like night and day. I think that the Lee filters are significantly better than Cokin and would highly recommend them.
I also have the Lee Big Stopper (10 stop Neutral Density) and have found it to be good quality as well (no colour casts). I initially purchased a cheaper Hi-tech brand but found that it leaked light quite badly, so I ended up getting the Lee version. I believe that the B&W 10 stop filters are very good, however one of the benefits of the Lee filter is that it is easy to take the filter on and off the holder, should you want to recompose your photographs. It also makes it easy to combine the use of this filter with a Neutral Density Grad (should you want to)….
I appreciate that the price of the Lee filters can be hard to justify, but I certainly wish that I would have waited and saved up for the Lee filters, instead of purchasing the Cokin brand and then ending up having to buy what I knew I should have.
Lawrence
You may be able to (have not tried it), but I think that you would need to go for a Cokin Z-Pro holder…..
Lawrence
LWheeler wrote:
Hi,
I started off with Cokin filters but found that the Neutral Density filters gave a red colour cast to my photographs. Although this can be removed in post production, I got a bit fed up of spending time doing this, and ended up purchasing Lee filters.
In my opinion the difference is like night and day. I think that the Lee filters are significantly better than Cokin and would highly recommend them.
I also have the Lee Big Stopper (10 stop Neutral Density) and have found it to be good quality as well (no colour casts). I initially purchased a cheaper Hi-tech brand but found that it leaked light quite badly, so I ended up getting the Lee version. I believe that the B&W 10 stop filters are very good, however one of the benefits of the Lee filter is that it is easy to take the filter on and off the holder, should you want to recompose your photographs. It also makes it easy to combine the use of this filter with a Neutral Density Grad (should you want to)….
I appreciate that the price of the Lee filters can be hard to justify, but I certainly wish that I would have waited and saved up for the Lee filters, instead of purchasing the Cokin brand and then ending up having to buy what I knew I should have.Lawrence
Totally agree with Lawrence went down the same route bought the Cokin not happy got the Lee!!
If you are in a position to get the Lee I would recommend you do so!!
Cheers Steve
Filters are like tripods, everyone starts out cheap, buys twice and spends a lot more in the long run.
Delay gratification and save up the pennies.
Another here who started out with a set of Cokin. I found them okay, but became irritated with the colour cast after a while.
I looked at Lee, but tbh thought they are really dear and for the amount of use they would get I felt that it would be difficult to justify the outlay. So i went another route and got myself a set of Format ND grads and thier 10 stopper (which I havent used yet!). They were significantly cheaper than the Lee, and I made sure to get the width that fits the cokin holder (85mm springs to mind, but Im in work so cant check) to keep the cost down.
So far, I am a happy camper and havent noticed a cast since filing the Cokin.
Just thought Id mention another alternative.
Good luck!
Des,
When you get home please post the details of your kit.
And why aren’t you working? :) :twisted: :)
I’d personally go with hoya… they are teh largest manufacturer of optical glass in the world and they coat and multi-coat as a matter of course…
In fact they manufacturer specific element lenses for mainstream manufacturers….
for my money they are as good as b&w in the hmc and shmc bracket and my pro1D cpl is better that my b&w…
I bought a KOOD filter kit over a year ago and there`s no colour cast with them at all…
The only problem i have with them is that they only do ND2 and ND4 and they never seemed to have any ND4 hard grads in stock :?
they also scratch easily!!I recently bought a Cokin ND8 hard grad but am really dissapointed with the colour cast problem :(
I was thinking of getting some hard grad KOOD filters,as i only have soft grads..
Then i found this review on Hi tech filters http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1007&message=20613354″ onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;It seems they have no colour cast either!!
Anyone use these???Ted: I was on a break!
Yes it is 85mm that fits my cokin holder.
The Hi-tech filters are the same ones I was talking about! They are made by Format in the UK…. google Format Filters and you can buy direct from the site.
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