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Need/want Lee/Cokin filters
I’m just trying to get into taking scenic, landscape and whole buildings and am beginning to realise I need ND filters. Having looked into what is available it comes down to Lee or Cokin and that is the end of the easy part. Sure this equipment is so high priced because the substance used to make...
Posted by Thordell on 30/08/2009 - 14:56
Need/want Lee/Cokin filters
I had a set of ND grads. They were from cokin. The P version. Soft edged I believe.(slight magenta cast, not 100% neutral) I sold them because when LR.2.4 hit the market I didn't need them any more. LR does a far better and more controlled job,IMO. A typical set of Lee filters (3 strengths and ha...
Posted by Malo1961 on 30/08/2009 - 15:25
Need/want Lee/Cokin filters
A little while ago there was a Cokin ND grad kit on amazon for about £50 - three ND grad filters and holder, you then need to buy an appropriate holder adaptor depending on what size lens (thread) you want to use it with (less than a tenner for an adaptor) - might be worth a look if you don't want t...
Posted by matwhittington on 30/08/2009 - 17:40
Need/want Lee/Cokin filters
I’m just trying to get into taking scenic, landscape and whole buildings and am beginning to realise I need ND filters. Having looked into what is available it comes down to Lee or Cokin and that is the end of the easy part. Sure this equipment is so high priced because the substance used to make...
Posted by Tooks on 30/08/2009 - 19:32
Need/want Lee/Cokin filters
Jackie, I use the Lee Foundation holder with Cokin Z-Pro filters ;) The Lee holder is a lovely piece of engineering - better than the Cokin IMHO. When I use P sized filters I use a mix of Hitec, Cokin and others. The other thing to watch with the Z-Pro/Lee filters is the size of the grad. Th...
Posted by MattMatic on 03/09/2009 - 12:25
Need/want Lee/Cokin filters
Thank you your comments are most helpful, have used Cokin but that was the small version and years ago. Was not impressed by the basic fittings and they were difficult to use. With the filters I was a bit concerned that the Lee are 100 x 150mm and the Cokin and Hitec somewhat shorter 100 x 125mm ...
Posted by Thordell on 03/09/2009 - 14:14
Need/want Lee/Cokin filters
With the filters I was a bit concerned that the Lee are 100 x 150mm and the Cokin and Hitec somewhat shorter 100 x 125mm I think, do you find this is enough to place the graduation where you want it? Would not be using them on small lens the smallest I have is 52 and I doubt I would need a graduated...
Posted by Anvh on 03/09/2009 - 14:28
Need/want Lee/Cokin filters
Not sure if this helps, from 'Digital Exposure Handbook'; "..soft grads are better suited to shooting landscapes with broken horizons as they don't noticeably darken objects like buildings or trees. However, only around a third of the filter is coated with its full density before fading to transp...
Posted by JohnX on 03/09/2009 - 18:48
Need/want Lee/Cokin filters
All landscape photographers will know, without ND grads you simply cannot achieve high results (under most circumstances), and if you go for a cheap range of ND's you'll ruin a potentially great shot as far as optical quality is concerned, regardless of the lens behind the filter. i shoot with z pro...
Posted by mattox on 04/09/2009 - 09:53
new lens
It's a very nice lens that, usefully, takes the same size filter as the 18-55mm. Compact and sharp. I think I would be inclined to upgrade vis a different path though. The Pentax 55-300mm is a better lens again and will keep that long reach for you. For individual portraits the 50mm f1.4 FA (o...
Posted by johnriley on 01/09/2009 - 08:45
B&W Filter on K20d
I tried taking some shots with the B&W filter and I can see the results as saperate images when viewed on the camera monitor screen yet when I import to Elements they load as colour images. Any advice welcome as I don't understand why or is there something I have wrong about the taking pictures in...
Posted by daltoned on 05/09/2009 - 17:35
B&W Filter on K20d
You can't take images directly in black and white, they will always be colour. The BW filter on the camera will convert your image and produce a new BW file in addition to the original colour one.
Posted by johnriley on 05/09/2009 - 17:46
B&W Filter on K20d
You'll get better results doing the conversion in PP anyway. Kris.
Posted by womble on 05/09/2009 - 19:17
B&W Filter on K20d
Thanks John & Kris for replies. Guess my inexperience is showing. As I said, I set the Custom Image setting to BW and when I saw a BW image on the monitor assumed a BW existed as it had a seperate IMGP ref. I have used the custom image BW post colour capture but as you say Kris better to do conversi...
Posted by daltoned on 05/09/2009 - 19:58
B&W Filter on K20d
Hi John and Kris, hope you don't mind me bringing this thread up again. I've been looking through the manual again and perhaps my original question was incorrect in that I should have referred to Image Tone and B&W. I've retried this today, following the manual, step by step I can get B&W (took only...
Posted by daltoned on 27/09/2009 - 11:47
Digital Asset Management
Digital Asset Management or......how do you find your "bleeping" pictures. I was wondering....,which of all the members is into using a DAM. And if so, what are you using. Do you see the benefits of using a DAM or do you think you can do without it. Organizing, Key-wording,Rating. Is it useful...
Posted by bladerunneruk on 10/09/2009 - 22:25
gx20 and long exsposure mode
You were hitting the limits of the camera and lens. F/22 is probable the highest f-number of the lens, right? What happens is the camera meters and you tell him to use 30seconds. He lowers the iso to his lowest (iso100) exposure is still to bright so the camera use a higher f-number but hits th...
Posted by Anvh on 08/09/2009 - 14:02
stereostereo
I've been in touch with John Hannavy, photographer and historian, who has given me print dimensions etc. . He used to live in your neck of the woods, John, have you ever come across him? On the aperture front my thinking was that it would be more desirable to shoot at, say f16, and have greater ...
Posted by gartmore on 12/09/2009 - 12:42
your best ever tip
Your best ever tip Whether it's take an extra shot to try this and that lens to try that filter what was your best ever tip ps hope Whether is correct james
Posted by pink on 12/09/2009 - 11:14
Should we post-process?
[quote:3496ace15f="George Lazarette"] Anyway, do you think we will see the emergence of post-processors as a trade? I can't see why not. It would potentially add a lot of value to the mundane job of simply printing pictures. G It already has. Its called Digital Imaging. And there are some real a...
Posted by George Lazarette on 19/09/2009 - 20:53
