cokin filter series

[bscull]

Hi All,

I do a lot of landscape pictures and was thinking of get some cokin filters. Can someone advise me on what's the best series (A, P, ZPro or XPro) to get and what’s the best filter to use when doing landscapes?

I have a
Nikon D50 DSLR
Nikkor AF-S VR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 G IF-ED (72mm lens) and a
Tokina AF 12-24 f/4 Pro DX (77mm lens)

Thanks for your help! :)

[Rhys]

Hi All,

I do a lot of landscape pictures and was thinking of get some cokin filters. Can someone advise me on what's the best series (A, P, ZPro or XPro) to get and what’s the best filter to use when doing landscapes?

I have a
Nikon D50 DSLR
Nikkor AF-S VR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 G IF-ED (72mm lens) and a
Tokina AF 12-24 f/4 Pro DX (77mm lens)

Thanks for your help! :)

The three filters you need are polariser, grey grad, neutral density. The rest can be added later in photoshop.

I think 77mm is the biggest the A series will handle. Having said that, as it's such a wide lens you'd probably be better with the P system in order to avoid vignetting.

Also, have you considered getting the biggest round glass filters you can and putting adaptor rings on them?

[bscull]

Thanks for the reply:) :)

What Grad of fillet would you go for ND2 ND4 etc..?

[Rhys]

Thanks for the reply:) :)

What Grad of fillet would you go for ND2 ND4 etc..?

Probably ND 8 if possible. Not much point in less.

[ReF]

Hi All,

I do a lot of landscape pictures and was thinking of get some cokin filters. Can someone advise me on what's the best series (A, P, ZPro or XPro) to get and what’s the best filter to use when doing landscapes?

I have a
Nikon D50 DSLR
Nikkor AF-S VR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 G IF-ED (72mm lens) and a
Tokina AF 12-24 f/4 Pro DX (77mm lens)

Thanks for your help! :)

cokin filters of the A and P series are known to be quite poor in quality. the P holder however, is quite popular because it is a lot cheaper than those made by other brands. the P size filters and holder may still not be big enough to avoid vignetting on that tokina 12-24 you have though. you might want to look into Hitech brand sqaure filters if you want good quality and don't to spend $100 per filter for the other brands. 2 stop ND grads of both hard and soft transition are the usual recommendations for general use. BTW, i don't own any circular ND filters - i just use the solid portion of my 4x5, 2 stop hard edge filter. though the advantage of a circular screw in type ND is the compatibility with normal lens hoods and availability of multicoated versions.

[bscull]

Checked out cokin site and the p series has a shorter focal length of 20mm (a bit crap:( )

ReF. I was looking for the Hitech brand, but not many shops have them over here (N.Ireland). what’s the shortest focal length of these filters?