CokinSquare Filter Gradual ND Creative Kit Plus - Includes XL (X) Series Filter Holder, Gnd 1-Stop (121L), Gnd 2-Stop (121M), Gnd 3-Stop Soft (121S)

I feel like I'm in a trap. These are my go to filters for pretty much all my landscape work, I love them, I especially love them when someone asks my what filter I used on a shot and I say a Cokin ND grad and they ask where they can download it... kids, I swear. But because they are my go to filters, and they're still not the ungodly expensive glass ones, it seems no matter what I do, no matter the lengths I go to protect them, they end up scratched eventually. So I buy more, lather, rinse repeat. I'm like a rat in a lab, trained to sell plasma to buy more filters so I can scratch them and sell more plasma to buy more filters and so on and sally forth.But every time I look at the glass ones, and the price, these are clearly priced at that point where suckers like me will keep coming back for more because hey, until I scratch them, they are my go to filters for a reason. You can't really shoot a proper landscape without them.

Missing one important feature. It needs some anti-reflective coating on the filters. When shooting towards the sun, there is a massive amount of reflections between the filters and the camera. You will see the face of the lens show up in the image. It is unfortunate and the bane of my experience with this filter system. They do scratch easily, and they do affect the color of the image, but they are amazingly cheap to start with. So if you are unsure of if you want to get into the square filter collection, then I would recommend this. If you are confident that you want to use square filters, skip this kit and invest in a better system.

The filter set arrived today with the filter holder, three filters, and a cleaning cloth. I was excited to go out and take some sunset photos until I found out that the filter holder does not fit on the Canon kit lenses. An adapter is required and is not included. I order the adapter for another $20 and hope to be enjoying the gradual ND filter effect in a few more days.

After reading the various reviews of mixed results, I decided to give these a try as I have an upcoming photography trip where this type of filter would be quite useful.These are actually quite good for the money; Well made, and a minimum of color cast which is what you tend to get with cheaper graduated filters.One thing I have noticed from experience, is the color cast present depends on what white balance setting your camera is on. Setting it on "daylight" tends to help.A truly great set for the price. The only thing I will say is because these are made of "optical resin", the image quality is quite good but they are very easy to scratch and a pain to keep clean.They take some care to use, but they are worth the effort.The sets out there where they're around 30 bucks and you get all the different colored ones may seem tempting, but this is truly a better investment without going into Lee or Singh-Ray territory.

Took it with me and Worked great and was happy with the results however after the first shoot and haveing them stored in my camera bag on a hot day as i was walking around the 3 stop filter warped due to the heat from the days weather and now distorts images.

I knew it was too good to be true. Can’t use with anything wide than a 24mm lens. I’m returning them.

Bought this to use on my Mamiya RB67, and with lenses from 50mm to 180mm, the vignetting is so horrible it renders the shots useless. Not to mention, a strong red/purple cast when shooting color. A complete waste.

top quality....although plastic.....and does the job.

Got theses yesterday (19/08/17) they are made from perspex (plastic filters), with plenty of static creating dust in the filter pouches. Each filter marked with dust steaks so they had to be cleaned before use, fortunately they do clean well with soap and water, and seem to appear scratch free. I really wish I had of made the plunge, and bought Lee filters, (although they are twice the price, and that's just for one filter) as then I would expect a decent quality, but these will do for now, the proof will be in the printing.

Im Vergleich zu anderen Herstellern ist das Cokin WP-H3H0-25 Gradual ND Kit mit unter 45€ eine sehr günstige Alternative. Bei professionellen Verlaufsfiltern wie von PHOREX bezahlt man alleine für das Gestell schon das Dreifache. Sagen wir so. Man kann kein Weltwunder erwarten. Der Kompromiss zum günstigen Preis ist in jedem Fall in pucto Verarbeitung und auch Filterqualität spürbar. Nichts desto trotz, erfüllt das Filter-Kit seinen Zweck.Als ambitionierter Hobby/Amateur Landschafts-Fotograf mit limitierten Budget, der/die das Talent hat auch ab- und zu mal was herunterfallen zu lassen, ist das Plastik-Kit sicherlich eine gute Wahl.Für alle, die bei der Qualität keine Kompromisse eingehen wollen, empfehle ich PHOREX von Benjamin Javorsky.P.S. Mit dem Cokin Kit ist es nicht so einfach / teilweise nicht möglich mehrer Filter (z.B. ND + Verlaufsfilter) übereinander zu verwendenP.S-2: Es muss zusätzlich ein Adapterring (Größe entsprechend dem Objektivumfang, wo ihr den Verlaufsfilter nutzen möchtet) dazu kaufen.

Definitely an entry level product. I had not used filters before and did not want to spend too much to try them. These filters fitted the bill, although I do find they are very easily scratched so handle with caution!

... and all fits well together. No problem with machining/molding, and the filters hold well.One thing in particular which gets mentioned time to time as a downside, is colour-cast. Well, didn't experience any.On that note - recommended.

As I'd expect from cokin the filter is very well made. I've used it much more than I thought I would and love the dramatic effect.