The future of Cokin and it's filters is still really unknown. There were some rumors that Kokina had bought the now bankrupt french filter company, but personally I haven't heard anything definitive. The supplies of Cokin filters are dwindling, and the actual lens holders are almost impossible to get. As the owner of the Cokin P Series, I've been always on a hunt for different filters. Lately I've turned to Ebay, as there seem to be a lot of filters for the Cokin P Series, straight out of China. They were fairly inexpensive, so I ordered them. Once they arrived, and decided to take them out for a little spin at Elk Island. There are 6 filters in all, ND8, ND4, ND2, graduated ND, graduated blue and graduated orange. I was a little surprised that the ND filters turned out to be more purple/orange instead of grey, but I can definitely work with that. No complains just a bit of a surprise. Here are some shots taken with the filters. The last image is with ND8, ND4, and was a 25 sec exposure. Enjoy
Filtering Elk Island
It was a promising day, for a very nice sunset. As everyone know sunsets are my weakness. So I gathered the family, and off we went to Elk Island National Park. This time I decided to change it up a little. A while back I have gotten myself a set of Cokin filters. We were discussing them at length with a fellow photographer (whom I admire very much). The main thing is that they are really hard to come by. I think the company went bankrupt, and completely disappeared. I haven't been able to find any pertinent news on the web at all about Cokin filters. So as a little reminder I took them along, and here are the results. Enjoy.
Cokin Filters
On the advice of a friend I started looking into the Cokin Creative System of filters. It's an interesting system, because 1 can fit almost all type of lenses. Cokin makes this available in 4 different flavors for different type of cameras. The P-System will fit most DSLRs with lenses ranging from 48mm up to 82mm. These measurements are for the outer lens diameter. What's so nice about this system is that first it is very inexpensive, compared to the screw-on type filters, and second it is very versatile. For different types lenses all you need is the adaptor ring, which here in Canada retails for about $15.00. On the adaptor ring goes a plastic holder, that's one size fits all. You insert the filters, which are square 84mm sheets of organic glass, into the holder. Now comes the fun part. There are a lot of different filters, and I mean a lot. The holder can accommodate up to 3 different filters, which gives a lot more combinations of creativity, and the filters are about $25.00 for most types. Here are a couple of examples I took early in the morning, with a gradual fog filter.
Canon 5D, ISO 400, 1/60 sec, f/5.6, 24mm
Canon 5D, ISO 400, 1/320 sec, f/5.6, 24mm
You can have a lot of fun with these, and they won't hurt the wallet.