I have a Docter Optics 360 6.7 Tessar which takes 95mm filters. Tiffen makes a series of 4x4 Grad ND filters 2mm and 4mm thick for a very reasonable price. Is there any difference between the filters except for the thickness?

Is there an adaptor out there that I can screw onto my lens or another 95mm filter attached to the lens which will hold a 4x4 filter such as the Tiffens I've described? My thinking is that if I can slide the Grad ND up and down in the holder that I can frame any way I want and adjust the Grad ND filter accordingly.

Is there something like this in existence, or would this be work for Mr. Grimes?

-- Jonathan Brewer (lifestories@earthlink.net), June 21, 2001

Answers

Bring your filter into a camera store and try the Cokin P holder. There are others available but the names escape me. Cheers

-- Scott Walton (f64sw@hotmail.com), June 22, 2001.

4x4 filter holders might cause vignetting on your lens with a 95 mm thread. You can use scotch tape with your 4x5 or 4x6 filters, or get a Cokin X-Pro filter holder which has a 120(?) mm opening. Try here: http://www.minoltausa.com/cokin/pro/index.htm Yeah, SKG can always make magic for you. Cheers,

-- Geoffrey Chen (DB45TEK@AOL.COM), June 22, 2001.

Lee Filters makes a 95mm adapter ring, and a holder for 4" wide filters. I'd recommend a 4x6" graduated filter, which will allow for more leeway adjusting your grad line up and down.

-John Adler LEE Filters USA

-- John Adler (jadler@leefiltersusa.com), June 27, 2001.