Filter Question.

I am going to order a few GND filters soft and hard but need to know as Lee and Singh Ray are pretty expensive, has anyone used Hitech and are they as good as the other 2 companies? I own the new Hitech 10 stop filter that is pretty good and on par with the Lee big stopper. thanks

I have used HiTech GND sets and they are ok, HiTech are thinner than Lee. I would not use any other GND sets due to color cast that can be hard to remove.

mannyhan wrote in post #15024652
I have used HiTech GND sets and they are ok, HiTech are thinner than Lee. I would not use any other GND sets due to color cast that can be hard to remove.

So you are saying stay away from hitech due to color cast?

I had Hi-Tech and got rid of them due to the color cast. It just was not worth the added time to pp them after shooting. Lee are more money, but save me a lot of time in PP. My time, as it turns out, was more valuable than the extra cash spent on the Lee kit.

HiTechs are cheaper if your time is worthless.

Just be aware that in cutting costs you don't get quite as high quality merchandise. The Hitechs are known for introducing color casts (particularly magenta) when stacked with each other; so, they're a good starting point to figure out if filters are a path you want to go but most everyone either gives up or sells them off to get the Lee or Singh Rays, anyway.

So why go through the intermediary step? If you get a Lee or Singh Ray and don't like it, there are plenty of folks that'll buy those back from you

They are not as good.

sold my hitech as soon as i could get my hands on a lee setup. to some it doesn't matter, but there IS a cold cast. ESPECIALLY if you stack it with another filter.