ND Filters - Hitech?

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Hi Chris. Hitech fill the middle ground between Lee and Cokin very nicely in terms of both cost and quality..... and what's more they are not in short supply.

Along with quite a few others on here,I have a set of both hard and soft grads and find them more than acceptable
 
I recently bought a hard grad set from Teamwork via ebay - would recommend.
 
Did you know you can get a mix and match set of 3 hitech ND grads direct from formatt for £75 odd? (Plus VAT I think)

Only mentioning because from what I can gather on the ND grad subject, the 0.3's are hardly ever used and the 0.9's are the most used. I was going to buy two 0.9's, one hard, one soft, and a 0.6 hard but never got round to it because I found I can achieve what I require in Elements instead.

If you want the link to the mix and match offer let me know in PM.
 
If you look they also do 0.3, 0.6, 0.9 GND and ND (p-type size) for £50+VAT
 
chrism_scotland said:
What type of Grad do people find themselves using, Soft or Hard?
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I was advised to go for hard for seascapes and soft for more hilly type landscapes.
Phil
 
Personally I find I can get 99% of my shots with softs. That said, I would like a 2 stop hard for those rare occasions when the softs just aren't enough. Basically, you can get away with softs for all situations, whereas hards have scenes where they can't be used. My advice would be to get a set of soft grads and add to it later should you feel it necessary :)
 
I would also recommend Hi-Tech's as a good mid ground filter (bought from Teamwork on their website). I have a set of 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.9 soft GND's and set of 3 ND's. Never felt the need to have hard grads at all.

Whilst individually they don't have a cast like Cokin's, I do get a magenta cast when stacking 2 or 3 filters at once.
 
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