Brant:

Thanks for the comparisons. However, I would think that if there was a difference it would be more likely to show up in high contrast situations which is where they are most like to be pulled out and used. The best examples would be sunsets and sunrises. The bridge example above does not have a real large contrast variation from sky to water because it looks like it is shot in good light with the water well lite. So I guess I wonder which produces the most flair looking into a sun at the horrizon (foreground relitively dark or shadowed compared to the sky). The other test is when the sun is below the horrizon (or only a small portion showing), does the filter create bad fringing around the shadowed areas (tree branches, sharp edges from buildings, etc.)?

I have Cokin, and I bought them so I could get something other than silhouettes when looking into the rising or setting sun. I bought Cokin at the time because all the catalog places were out of everything, and I found a set at a camera shop in Traverse City... so I bought what they had left. The main problems have been flair and fringing if the sun is still above the horrizon. If you try to keep the sun out of the shot, then you loose a lot of the great color. So I was currious whether the Singh-Ray was better for the more high contrast type shot?

Pat