Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Log in
  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Lee Filters?

Lee filters come in optical resin or thin plastic. You'll want the more expensive resin ones if you want to go with Lee. They are well regarded in the stills photography industry, but have very low market penetration in the film and TV industry.

Generally the straight filters only come in 100mm (approx 4") square maximum size and are slightly thinner than standard glass filters used in film/TV matteboxes. Resin scratches more easily than glass, so need to be handled more carefully (not good for rental houses). I think that resin can't be as optically flat as good quality glass filters, but don't have any definitive evidence/references for this.

I'd say they are probably OK for an owner operator doing low budget work and personal projects, but if you want to hire them out to other DOPs, you'll probably need to go with more expensive glass ones made for film/TV.
 
Lee makes great gels for lighting fixtures. I've only had experience with that part of their business and not with their optical filters.

That being said, Tiffen and Schneider are the gold standard, so why deviate and grab something that not many have worked with?
 
Pronounced shift to magenta with the ND. 9 resin, can be colour corrected. Would not like to go higher in flltration .
 
David Callahan said:
Does anyone know if the Lee filter holders will hold Tiffen 4x4 filters? I'm wondering about the thickness specifically.
Click to expand...



yes they will as long as you add the 4mm slots instead of the standard 2mm ones. bhphoto sells the upgrade for $4.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top