I just got mine. You certainly get something worthy of your money. It oozes quality & the velcro bags just add to it. I haven't had a chance to get out with it yet though
I do have a couple of questions for those filter uses. I received the .6 hard edge, what other filter would you recommend for general landscape images? I was thinking a .6 would do, but I am thinking I would like a soft edge & leaning towards the .9 on the idea it is better to have too much than not enough, thoughts?
I think the availability of filters might dictate too unfortunately
In my experience the most useful grad filter kit is 0.6 soft, 0.6 hard and 0.9 hard. A 0.9 reversed grad filter can be useful when you photograph sunsets.
The hard or soft choice is mostly dictated by the focal length of the lens you use. Large focal lengths will make hard graduation look softer while ultra wide angles will make the same graduation look harder. Soft graduation filters are not very useful on lenses with focal length larger than 35 mm (in my opinion), but a "must" for UWA lenses.
Thanks for the imput Roger, you'd think they'd give you a soft edge in the starter kit since it is for a uwa lens.
I plan on getting a foundation kit too with a reverse grad & big stopper to use on my 24-70 & 70-200, but plan on using the sw150 filters for the nd grads so I'm not doubling up.
MikeW wrote:
I just got mine. You certainly get something worthy of your money. It oozes quality & the velcro bags just add to it.
That must be the most expensive velcro bag in the history of the world, hand-sewn with gold thread smelted by hand from a fair-trade gold mine, transported by mule to Lee headquarters, where it is processed on one of their mythical furnaces that has allegedly been constraining supply for nearly 3 years now :-).
I would argue that the first time I got to handle a Lee adapter I had two thoughts that crossed my mind --- "clever and functional yet simple design", immediately followed by "oh the profit margins that Lee is raking in". Let's be realistic - $75 for a machined piece of aluminum, aka "slim adapter ring"? If you think that paying $75 for a standard RRS adapter plate is reasonable, how do you rationalize the cost of a Lee adapter ring? Given the supply situation Lee must be chiseling these out of a huge block of aluminum buried 2 miles down the Earth's crust... thread by thread.
No, I don't begrudge Lee the profits. The purpose of any commercial outfit is to charge as much as they can without alienating their customers, while making them feel that they are receiving value for their money. The market is clearly willing to support Lee's profit margins, so more power to them. However, that will not make me turn a blind eye to the obvious discrepancy in the value exchanged. Thankfully for Lee and many other vendor companies the majority of photographic hobbyists are somewhat over the hill white males with plenty of disposable income... yours truly included.
well I can't build it, no time or desire, but I want it & they have it so I buy it, simple. I wasn't expecting massive bags to store the gear, probably failed to read the inclusion so it was nice to see, and no gold lettering or I would have unthread it by now.
soo...I go out today to try it out, it was pretty slippery so I was basically taking the lens out & putting the filter holder piece on since it is so big. Did it a few times no probs then the last time I cannot get it off... I leave it on till I get it home & the only way I can get the whole setup off is with the filter holder section still connected. I cannot get it off & do not remember if it is threaded on or what...Can someone who has it tell me how to get this off please
