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Nov 23, 2006 02:43 |  #1

There seems to be a flood of GND threads lately and I have been reading them with great interest.

I want to give them a try but as I am only trying I don't want to spend the earth.

From what I have read on here the cheap but effective setup seems to be a Cokin P series Wide filter holder (for my 77mm lens) and some Hitech hard/soft filter sets (hitech are true ND and no colour effect).

My questions are:

1. Is this all I need to get going?

- Cokin P series Wide filter holder
- Hitech Filter 85 set hard or soft
- Cokin adapter for my size of lens to holder

2. With the Cokin filter holder once it is attached to the lens and you have your filter in. Can you rotate it?

3. Is there a good reputable UK based online dealer that does both the Cokin holder and the Hitech filters? The only places I have found either stock one or the other and I would rather get both from the same place.

I understand the Lee filter setups are of a much higher standard and if I like what GND has to offer I may go down this path in the future. For the time being I just want a setup that works.

Thanks

EDIT: Going to report this in the right forum sorry admin :oops:


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Nov 23, 2006 13:11 |  #2

siejones wrote in post #2302541 (external link)
There seems to be a flood of GND threads lately and I have been reading them with great interest.

I want to give them a try but as I am only trying I don't want to spend the earth.

From what I have read on here the cheap but effective setup seems to be a Cokin P series Wide filter holder (for my 77mm lens) and some Hitech hard/soft filter sets (hitech are true ND and no colour effect).

My questions are:

1. Is this all I need to get going?

- Cokin P series Wide filter holder
- Hitech Filter 85 set hard or soft
- Cokin adapter for my size of lens to holder

Yes. :)

siejones wrote in post #2302541 (external link)
2. With the Cokin filter holder once it is attached to the lens and you have your filter in. Can you rotate it?

Yes

siejones wrote in post #2302541 (external link)
3. Is there a good reputable UK based online dealer that does both the Cokin holder and the Hitech filters? The only places I have found either stock one or the other and I would rather get both from the same place.

I understand the Lee filter setups are of a much higher standard and if I like what GND has to offer I may go down this path in the future. For the time being I just want a setup that works.

Thanks

EDIT: Going to report this in the right forum sorry admin :oops:

Can't help you there I'm afraid.
At least you have a reply should your thread get moved! ;)



  
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