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- From: sh09@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (STEVEN HIGGINS)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: > Cokin filters - any good?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.153136.54448@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 15:31:36 GMT
- Organization: Lehigh University
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- In article <1993Jan21.171733.18657@miki.pictel.com>, kevin@miki.pictel.com (Kevi
- n Davis) writes:
- >Darek Lis writes:
- >>I want to buy a few filters (split ND, warming, sunset etc.) Until now I've
- >>been using Hoya multicoated filters, but I found them pretty annoying. They
- >>are virtually impossible to clean. So I'm looking for an alternative. The
- >>Cokin system looks nice. I could use the same filters with all my lenses.
- >>The price is also reasonable - for the price of a 58mm Tiffen split ND
- >>filter I can get the Cokin P-type holder, adapter and the filter. I wonder
- >>though how do Cokin filters compare to Hoya or Tiffen in terms of optical
- >>quality. For example, are they coated (multicoated)? I think Tiffen also
- >>makes filters that fit Cokin holders. Are these better or worse than the
- >>corresponding Cokin filters?
- >
- >Tiffen makes very nice P-series graduated ND filters and graduated
- >color filters. The Tiffens are high quality glass filters and should
- >easily beat the pants off of Cokin filters.
- >Concencus seems to be that Cokin ND filters tend to have a color bias
- >and are not truly ND. If you like the slight color, that's fine; but
- >the name suggests that it is supposed to be neutral.
-
- Cokin effects filters are also plastic, are easily scratched, and
- do noticeably degrade a len's resolution. If you can live with that,
- it's probably a pretty neat system; I'd rather stick to glass.
-
-
- --
- ~Steve
- sh09@lehigh.edu
-