Filters from Lee, what should I buy?

[adam_jeppesen]

Traveling to Sahara, I want to get a set af filters that help give to

dry dessert sky some life.

 

I've been looking at lee filters. Are they the best for a trip like

this? What else could be recodmented?

 

Has anyone ever been to Marotania?

[dr._steven_bein]

I believe Lee are plastic. Lots of sand there. Consider the glass, they will scratch less. You might want a strong warming filter, like an 85B to really pump up the hot feeling of the sands. An ND grad, to handle the light levels of sky to sand, etc

[rayn]

Lee filters are plastic. Unless you really need BIG filters, stick with glass.

[knut_sverre_horn]

Graduated grey and a warm-up seems an excellent advise. Never travel without a polarizer, though! I am satisfied with Lee myself. They probably scratch a little more easy than glass, but you have to look after your filters extremely carefully in an environment full of sand anyway, so maybe it doesn't make that much of a difference? The important thing is that yoy can move the graduated filter vertically in its holder, positioning the graduation exactly where you want it and not just in the middle.

:-) Knut-Sverre Horn, Norway

[paul_ashton]

I second the previous post - take a polarizer. Despite its reputation as a sun-drenched desert, the Sahara has tremendous mood changes so you are wise to be thinking of a range of filters. Watch out for the famous red dust storms that can block out the sun and sky for days. Mauritania is a muslim country so remember to honor their codes when near people.

[clivecc]

I suggest for Lee :

1. ND grad 0.6 and 0.9

2. Sunset (grad warmup)

3. Pink grad comes in handy sometimes

4. Coral and Tobacco are also quite good in some applications.

[dfdncithekxlbn8kaglf33]

There has been plenty of discussion in the Q&A archive that Lee and Hi-tech filters are indentical in quality, or nearly the same, but with a price difference favoring the Hi-techs. If you go with the Lee holder, a good idea, you might consider getting most of your filters via Hi-tech.