Can resin filters really be trusted? I've played around some more with my Hitech resin grads which is supposed to be "good quality", but I can't say I'm impressed.
Look at this 100% crop:
http://torger.dyndns.org/resin-blur.jpg
Looking more closely it seems like my soft edge filter has a blurry band on it close to the transition (vertical in that example picture), while the HE filter seems ok (so far...)
Perhaps Lee resin filters are better, but "hand-dipped" does not really sound like the utmost optical quality to me...
This somehow feels like the old thing buying too cheap a tripod and upgrading several times before getting to one that really is sturdy enough. Maybe it is best to jump to Schneider glass grad filters directly?
Look at this 100% crop:
http://torger.dyndns.org/resin-blur.jpg
Looking more closely it seems like my soft edge filter has a blurry band on it close to the transition (vertical in that example picture), while the HE filter seems ok (so far...)
Perhaps Lee resin filters are better, but "hand-dipped" does not really sound like the utmost optical quality to me...
This somehow feels like the old thing buying too cheap a tripod and upgrading several times before getting to one that really is sturdy enough. Maybe it is best to jump to Schneider glass grad filters directly?