Neutral Density Filters - Recommendations

[SteveGriffin]

I am looking to buy a / some graduated ND filter/s to try and improve my landscape work.

Are there are brands that are better or worse than others?
What would you recommend for a starter??

[LostDingo]

Lee and Singh Ray are the best in my opinion

Have heard good things about the Hi Tech but when you look the guys who are serious and you hev the $$$ it's Lee and Singh Ray

[ozonejunkie]

I have just bought a few of the Cokin filters. Optically, they are far from the best around, but I wanted something to start with. This biggest imperfection I have found is the reflections that occur when taking photos of bright light sources. The standard filters have no multicoating to my knowledge.

FWIW - I bought a 3 stop ND and a 3 stop grad ND. Also bought a second hand grad emerald, just cos it was cheap.

I do like the mounting system though. If you do end up buying Cokin gear, then I recommend Quality Camera Sales Australia as a great place to buy them. (That was not a paid announcement).

Cheers,
Tristan

[radar]

Hi,

I have a Hi Tech ND4 and I find it quite nice. I also have a few grad ND, I ordered them all together. they mount on a Cokin filte holder.

As Lost Dingo said, if you have the dollars, Lee or Singh Ray are considered to be the best, but I didn't have that much spare cash

Have a look at this thread on Hitech filters:
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=11545

Cheers,

Andre

[SteveGriffin]

Thanks for the input folks. I have ordered a set of HiTech filters from TeamPhoto in the UK and the holder/adaptor from Quality Camera Sales

Steve