Which ND filters are better?

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I'm looking to buy a set of nd filters. I dont know whether to buy a filter holder to screw on the front of the lens and slide the filters in the front or to buy round filters that you screw on the front and thats that.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Filter-G-ND2-Cokin-Canon/dp/B009GTM6H6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1381657617&sr=8-2&keywords=nd+filter

This is one set I am looking at.

/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neutral-Density-Filter-Camera-Thread/dp/B003TXKTR4/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1381657883&sr=8-13&keywords=nd+filter+52mm

Or theres one like this

Which ones best?
 
In my opinion:

1. Lee Filters holder
2. Lee adapter rings according to your lenses
3. I prefer LEE filters [ND & GND], but you can go wrong with Hitech filters too, Singh Ray is more expensive and i think it is in LEE quality league or slightly better.

Another alternative:

1. Hitech 4x4 filters holder
2. Hitech adapter rings

Less expensive or least alternative as you posted above:

1. Cokin Z-Pro holder
2. Cokin adapter rings.

Good luck!
 
I agree with above

The slot in ones are far easier to use and adjust than screw in

I've just upgraded to Lee and will be selling my Cokin set shortly on here
 
planetjamez said:
I'm looking to buy a set of nd filters.
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Lee Filters. But don't buy a set as you'll only ever really need to use two from the set, not all three. Lee filters are what, £75-£80 each these days? I would start off by getting a two stop (0.6) hard edged graduated filter and a three stop (0.9) soft edged graduated filter. In time you may want to get the 0.9 hard and the 0.6 soft. Don't get the set as the 0.3 grad filters are pretty ineffective what with todays tech, I'm sure any SLR camera can handle one stop of dynamic range.

Hope this helps.
 
Have you ever used filters before?

If you have you may know what you want and if so you can buy the best :D

If you've never used filters before I'd advise caution before spending big money. If you haven't used them before I think I'd recommend buying a really cheap set, yes, they'll be poor quality plastic ones but they'll give you a feel for what you want and then you can choose carefully when you buy better quality ones.

You can get a cheap set for??? Under £15? and that's a fraction of what one quality filter will cost you.

I'd buy the cheap ones to experiment and learn with and only then spend serious money once you know what you want. Even then I'd keep the cheap £15 set for use in environments where you wouldn't want to use your good expensive kit.
 
planetjamez said:
Ive only used circ polariser and uv filters
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I'd buy the cheap set and learn from it.

I bought a cheapish set and I never moved on, they're good enough, actually I hardly ever use them and I think that spending hundreds on a system only to find that after a few weeks you hardly use it is a real danger.
 
Byker28i said:
Don't buy cokin, horrible magenta tinge, especially if you stack them.
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I keep reading this on the internet but I've never experienced it even though I bought mine over a period of time which must mean that I bought from different batches.

YMMV, obviously.
 
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