Lee Foundation Kit is available at B&H

[Richard Lane]

Hi iND,

Glad to hear that you got your Lee Foundation Kit. How do you like the kit and step-up ring?

I'll try to help guide you along. I hear you would like to buy the good stuff. So, you don't want the polyester filters, that's the cheap stuff. The polyester filters are for color temperature correction, color effects, and B&W conversion, and neutral density. They are only standard (solid) density and not graduated density, so they don't vary the density from light to dark within the filter. They polyester filters are lower quality than the "resin" graduated neutral density filters, and much lower quality than the "pro glass" solid neutral density filters.

Here are examples of the lower quality polyester filters (that you don't want):

http://www.adorama.com/searchsite/default.aspx?searchinfo=lee+polyester

If you want other "solid (not graduated) neutral density" filters that are "less than" the 10-stop Lee Big Stopper (sometimes 10-stops is too much), then you should also consider the "Lee Pro Glass filters" that are available in 2 stop and 3 stops below: These come in 4"X4" (100mm x 100mm) Also keep in mind that the glass CPL is about 1.5 stops. So, you have many f-stop combination options.

http://www.adorama.com/searchsite/default.aspx?searchinfo=lee+pro+glass&category=429 4956486


You'll want the Graduated Neutral Density Filters which are Resin in the 4" x 6" size for your holder (100mm x 150mm and 2mm thick). These come in hard or soft transitions:

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?o..."x4" %26 4"x6"

They are about $95 each, but you can buy the Lee 3 filter kit for $240. I wouldn't recommend the Blender filter, since that transition zone is fairly long at 6 inches, whereas the soft and hard grads have a quicker graduated transition from light to dark. The 1 stop is probably not necessary, however for $50 extra you may want it in the kit. The 0.6 and 0.9 are the most common. Soft is good for varying terrain and hard for flat horizons.

3 filter Kits:

http://www.adorama.com/LENDGS.html

http://www.adorama.com/LENDGSS.html

I discussed the polarizers on the previous page, so you should check that post out and let me know if you have any questions. Lee also makes a "square shaped" Circular polarizer. The square shape doesn't have to mean that it's a linear polarizer, although they also make a square linear polarizer.

Rich