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I use Cokin filters as well but, for digital photography, the only ones of any use are the Neutral Density filters, including Graduated filters, and the Polarising Filter.... in short, the ones that can affect the exposure. I'd also add a UV filter, but a screw-in type which doubles as a haze reducer and lens protector.
Sure, you could use various colour effects or those odd shapes or stars etc but none of them are essential.... in fact I think many are useless or can be replicated easily.
I'm a bit surprised that Cokin don't shake up their product line a lot more - only around 15% of their filters are of real use..... and they're not really all that good, generally being very thin and fragile with unwanted colour casts. There again, it's not going to break the bank to buy a set. I'm told, but cannot vouch for it, that Lee Filters are better but cost a little more.
Film photography is, of course, a different matter entirely, and the whole range of Cokin (or Lee) filters could be of use at some point.
Last edited by GeoffWessex; 25-06-10 at 06:09 PM.
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