Yes- that's certainly possible with this system, although I didn't get to test it. Might be a faff in the field to take a section out. Or you could buy an extra holder... But for my purposes the effect of a two slot holder looks acceptable.

This is a bit niche, but might be interesting to some.

I've been on the lookout for a while for a decent filter system allowing use of ND grads (and potentially a 10-stopper) on my DA Ltds, including the DA15 with its excellent but fixed and protruding hood. The Ltd lenses are obviously small (which is why I love them!) and, as someone pointed out on here yonks ago, 85 or 100mm filter systems look daft size-wise and the grads for such systems are also optimised for bigger lenses.

My mate (an Oly shooter :roll has just invested in the Lee Sev5n system, really designed for compact system cameras but with potential for a small DSLR setup like the DA Ltds. He popped round today and I got a quick play with my K5 and DA15 to see if there were vignetting problems.

I used a slim UV filter on the DA15 to allow enough room for the filter holder to fit above the lens hood.

Initial conclusions:

It's a beautifully made system with a high quality holder (as you'd expect from Lee). It's also very compact and sits well on the DA Ltds. The filters themselves (75x90) are also nice and compact and easy to manage (just that bit easier than cokin P size filters). There was vignetting/signs of the holder on photos taken wide open (F4.0), but this was minor at F5.6 and (almost?) gone by F7.1 (see below). As the vast majority of my landscape shots are at smaller apertures this would not be a problem for me.

Very tempted by this system for use on my DA15 21 and 40, despite the eye watering prices of Lee. The Sev5n filters are much less expensive than full size Lees... but still pricey. And don't even ask about the cost of the polarizer for the system


Grab shot of the setup - DA15, extra UV filter, Lee Sev5n Adapter plus holder and a 0.6 soft grad




Jpegs straight from camera just to test for vignetting (handheld out of a window!). I know, not the best
image to test for vignetting!

F4



F7.1



F11

Thanks David and Horst

Yes - Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC. Drew let me have a play with his copy on the PU meet last month, I really liked it and then he offered to sell it to me . Always good when we feed each others LBA

Shot was @10mm, f10, 30secs, ISO1600. Bit of tidying up in lightroom (noise reduction and a grad filter to lighten up the foreground very slightly.)

In appreciation of AndrewA.. who's just sold me his Sigma 10-20





Orion and Jupiter over dunes at Sutton on Sea. It's a fantastic lens

You should be mighty happy for a 'first go'.

All interesting, but the last shot is a corker

+ 1

I got the 50-200 with a kit. Took a few photos with it, never really happy. Traded up to the 55-300. Absolutely no contest IQ wise. The 50-200 is really light and compact BUT IQ is far far behind my 55-300 which I love. Might have been a bad copy of the 50-200, but consensus seems same as mine.

Amazing photos Alan, and the last one in particular is astonishing

Very jealous of those that managed a decent sighting

Nothing here yet, but reports on aurora watch of sightings in Norfolk and Shropshire.

+1

For me the standout image here.

Many thanks for the helpful comments guys . Appreciated!