All of the LEE Filters stoppers have a foam seal around the back of the filter to prevent light leaking in and causing flare, the foam seal has to face towards the camera. On the SW150 system, there is a gap at the sides between the foam seal and the edge of the filter, this is to enable you to be able to slide your filter into the holder more easily. Continue reading
Category Archives: Filters
LEE Filters System Match – find the best System for your lenses
LEE Filters have created a system match so you can work out which LEE Filter system is best suited for your lens. It has quick select menus to locate your lenses to allow you to discover which System they recommend for each lens and which Systems are compatible and not compatible. You’ll also learn exactly what Adapter Rings you’ll need to get started.
Joe Cornish explains the LEE Filters Very Hard & Medium ND Grads
Joe Cornish explains the unique characteristics of the new LEE Filters Very Hard and Medium ND Graduated Filters. These sit alongside the traditional Hard and Soft gradations and offer you even more control when it comes to balancing exposures in camera.
Jonathan Chritchley demonstrates the LEE Mist Stripe and LEE Mist Graduated filters
Fine Art Photographer Jonathan Chritchley demonstrates how he uses the LEE Mist Stripe and LEE Mist Graduated filters.
LEE Filters Stopper App
The LEE Filters Stopper app is designed to help you get the most from your Big, Little and Super Stopper filters by accurately calculating the exposure you require and offering a flexible timer for very long shutter speeds. Continue reading
Jonathan Chritchley demonstrates how he uses the Super Stopper
Jonathan Chritchley demonstrates how he uses the new 15 Stop Super Stopper to get the shots he wants in the glare of the midday sun. Jonathan describes why he selects this Stopper and how he uses it to get two stunning compositions, while using the new LEE Stopper App to check the exposure time required. Continue reading
NEW LEE Filters Neutral Density Graduated Filters
NEW LEE Filters Neutral Density Graduated Filters
All LEE Filters Neutral Density grads are made by hand, using technology that ensures the line of transition between the coated and clear areas of the filter is extremely precise. As a result, LEE Filters have been able to expand their range of ND grads available to photographers using the Seven5, 100mm and SW150 filter systems.
Available for the Sev5n (Medium Grad only), 100 and SW150 Series .
In densities 0.3/0.45/0.6/0.75/0.9 AND 1.2 Continue reading
NEW LEE Filters Super Stopper!
LEE Filters NEW Super Stopper Available for 100mm, SW150 and Sev5n.
With its 15 stops of light-reducing power, the Super Stopper sits at the top of the Stopper family, joining the Big and Little Stoppers in the long-exposure photography revolution. Continue reading
Long Exposure Images: Doug Chinnery Explains More…….
Doug Chinnery – “Filters & Long Exposure”
The Photography Show Talk: Monday 12-12.45pm, Tuesday 12-12.45pm
Have you used a ten stop neutral density filter during the day and yet only managed to get exposure times of five or ten seconds and wondered what you are doing wrong?
If the answer to any of these questions is ‘Yes!’, then I can help you.
When you look at images like the one above, with flat ethereal water and streaking clouds (you are seeing the effect of several minutes of time passing on a scene. Continue reading
Which Size Lee Filters do I need?
Lee Filters have been synonymous with landscape photography since the 1980s. Because colour transparency film had a very small exposure latitude between the lightest and darkest tones it could capture, Lee Filters developed the graduated neutral density filter. This works like a set of graduated sunglasses with a dark strip across one end of the filter and clear end at the other. Continue reading