Longin Krajewski
(K=216) - Comment Date 1/2/2006
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No, it is not. Use it safely. Good luck.
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Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 1/2/2006
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Cokin started making those filters at least 20 years ago, long before digital cameras existed outside the lab ;)
I've been using them myself for over a decade, and I don't use digital cameras (I have one, but it's rotting in the back of my car).
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CorrieLynn Jacobsen
(K=9882) - Comment Date 1/2/2006
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Thats the beauty of cokin, you can use them anywhere.
The thought of using them with a digital slr though is kind of funny-and ironic. You can do just about anything with photoshop, but hey, if you want to use cokin instead, go for it!
Theyre great with film. Dont go nuts though...they have MANY effects, and after a while, if you use the really dramatic ones they look really over done.
They have the ordinary kinds too though,(red, blue, yellow, green, fld etc) which are nice because you can switch them from camera to camera withough worrying about your lense size. You just have to get a different holder for each size lense you plan on using it with.
I use it with my medium format, and they work nicely.
You often see the holders used for really cheap at camera shops or in newspaper classifieds.
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Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 1/2/2006
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But do take care not to overdo it.
And always remember the filters aren't as good optically as those made by Tiffen, Hoya, or B+W.
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Stu Bell
(K=25) - Comment Date 1/2/2006
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And there is little point in using coloured filters on a digicam when the digicam is set to auto white balance . You get some odd results (unpredictable too).
You may want to use the P series with later lenses as the A series don't go all that big compared the filter sizes on modern lenses
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Humberto Ruiz
(K=763) - Comment Date 1/2/2006
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thank you very much. you have just answered 2 ofm my questions 1 about the filters and the other whether i should buy digital or not. thank you sincierly Humberto Ruiz
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Humberto Ruiz
(K=763) - Comment Date 1/2/2006
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Oh dont worry i wont over do it i was really looking at the star filters, portrait filters, and pre-shaped filters. hopefully i wont be over doing it
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CorrieLynn Jacobsen
(K=9882) - Comment Date 1/2/2006
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What do you mean by preshaped filters? Just curious.
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Humberto Ruiz
(K=763) - Comment Date 1/2/2006
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cokin has some filters that are pre-shaped. they can have a design from a heart to a cirlce. it looks like i can have some fun with them.
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Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 1/3/2006
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I've found all such filters to have extremely limited use for their cost.
Try a blank filter and some (semi)transparent plastic/gelatin foil instead which you can shape like you want.
Cheaper and optically not much worse.
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CorrieLynn Jacobsen
(K=9882) - Comment Date 1/3/2006
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AH, now i konw what youre talking about. I have a ton of those, but ive never used them. They came with my medium format camera. (they look like hearts, keyholes, circles, ace of spades etc.) All they are is black cardboard, you could make these youreself with sturdy black paper and an exacto knife!
I guess the only bad side of this is that its permanent-once you expose your film that way, theres no going back.
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Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 1/3/2006
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Cokin also has them in semi-transparent options with all kinds of colours.
http://www.cokin.fr/
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Humberto Ruiz
(K=763) - Comment Date 1/3/2006
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thank you everybody. all of you have been a great help i really appreciate it.
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Rashed Abdulla
(K=163889) - Comment Date 1/7/2006
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Cokin filters are very great technically and i do use them _ as they are mounted on the top of the lens they have nothing to do weather the camera is digital or not ,actually i use the P series and i have the whole serie of it and i use them now on my slr digital cameras ,like the Nikon D2X or the Fuji S3 .they end with very great effect
they have color corrections filters,colors graduated and special effects filters,i would advice you to get hold of cokin hand book and keep that book on your camera bag if you do have a large number of these filters.please go ahead and use them _ they will make your image looks real cool and will give you things you never gonna acheive with the camera itself or even if you process your images via photoshop.
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for you to see
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