Athabasca Lens Filters

[Aswald]

Has anyone heard of or used this brand of ND filters? Any feedback is appreciated. Apart from the Made In Canada, I am finding it hard to find any details or reviews.

 

http://athabasca-foto.com/product-category/circular-filter/neutral-density-filter-series/

[milandro]

They are well known and popular in the NL, Almost all the shops carry the brand.

 

This is a review of their pro system ( in Dutch but maybe you don’t have a problem with it or you can use a translator)

 

http://www.nidf.nl/athabasca-verloopfilter/

[glospete]

I can't speak of the Athabasca brand but I use and can highly recommend Tiffen ND and other filters.They are quite expensive but are made in the USA and I find their quality justifies their price. The 10X Variable ND is a great tool in my bag! I bought the 77mm version and then have step-down rings to use on my other lenses. 

Edited October 17, 2016 by glospete

[Aswald]

They are well known and popular in the NL, Almost all the shops carry the brand.

 

This is a review of their pro system ( in Dutch but maybe you don’t have a problem with it or you can use a translator)

 

http://www.nidf.nl/athabasca-verloopfilter/

 

Thanks Milandro. This review helps a lot. Google translate helped heaps.

 

It's good that the review didn't mention about bad color cast. I was trying to find out if it had any. The Hoya and Cokin Pro Z I'm using has some color cast I'm trying not to get into.

 

I'm looking at B+W and Athabasca.

[Aswald]

I can't speak of the Athabasca brand but I use and can highly recommend Tiffen ND and other filters.They are quite expensive but are made in the USA and I find their quality justifies their price. The 10X Variable ND is a great tool in my bag! I bought the 77mm version and then have step-down rings to use on my other lenses. 

 

Thanks Glospete. If you hadn't mention Tiffen, I'd forgotten about it. I use Tiffen cleaning fluid and cleaning tissue and they work great. If not mistaken they used to be Kodak?

 

Will definitely look at Tiffen too.

[milandro]

My pleasure, be aware that the colorcast might vary from one camera to another.

[Aswald]

My pleasure, be aware that the colorcast might vary from one camera to another.

 

Thank you.....it would've confused me to no end!

 

Any insight on why that happens?

[milandro]

No, No Idea

[Aswald]

No worries Milandro. I'll try it out and perhaps post my findings if it is ground breaking.

[milandro]

, Good luck!

[Aswald]

For thos interested, I tried this too. NiSi. It's GOOD.

 

https://fstoppers.com/originals/why-purchasing-neutral-density-filter-holder-set-your-better-option-148578