Cokin BZ100 Filter Holder for Z Series Filters

by Cokin

Product Details

• Item Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0009WCFNO
• Item model number: BZ-100
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

The new Z-PRO Filter-Holder is designed to fit both FILM and DIGITAL technologies in particular D-SLRs and VIDEO/ BROADCAST cameras, either semi-professional or professional models (among them the new HD format). It is modular, it can be easily dismantled and set-up to be able to accept filters of 1.6mm thickness (which most photographers use), and 4.0mm thickness (often used in the Broadcast segment in popular dimensions such as 100x100mm (4"x4") and 100x150mm (4"x6"). To prevent the risk of vignetting (dark edges around the picture), the Z-PRO series filter-holder is fully reversible, which means that a filter can fit in the adaptor ring's slot and the adaptor ring can be fit in the first filter slot. Therefore the filter can be positioned very close to the lens and the edges of the holder are no longer an obstacle in the field of view. The Z-PRO filter-holder was tested (in the standard 3-slot version) and proved no vignetting on focal lengths down to 20mm (based on35mm format) but of course, this can go further wide in the wide-angle configurations. The Z-PRO filter-holder will fit a large variety of lenses thanks to a range of adaptor rings covering the popular diameters of 49mmup to 96mm. Additional rings designed for Hasselblad® B60/B70 and Rollei® are also available. The entire Z-PRO system is ideal to work with the newest generation of Digital SLR and Video cameras. The Z-PRO range of filters is made of organic gl

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple , good build, March 19, 2007

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Steve Callister (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cokin BZ100 Filter Holder for Z Series Filters (Electronics)

After threading the adapter ring onto my lens, the Z holder slides on easily from the top, the filter slides in easy, holds solid, and the whole thing rotates quite nicely. Although the process is a bit inconvenient, especially while hiking or on the move, it really is quite fast to set up and the results are worth it. No problems using wide angle lenses with the Z holder. Also this system should transition nicely to medium format and large format applications as well, which should make it a great value in the long run.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great design making ND filter use with ease, July 11, 2009

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Z. Cheng - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cokin BZ100 Filter Holder for Z Series Filters (Electronics)

I got this filter holder along with a few z series ND filters. I had CPL filters that are screw on the lens type. I was worried that this would be a bunky and clumsy system to work with before I got the holder. However, this system has proven to be an excellent design for using ND filters. The holder is very light. It feels like it is made of nice quality plastic. There are 4 gold color screws to hold on to 2 stacks of slots on both sides of the holder. You can take the slots apart and re-assemble the slots any way you want to. On one side you can fit the adapter ring (buy separately from the holder) for the specific size of lens diameter, and the other side you can fit your filter. It is completely reversible in terms of which side you put your filter or adapter ring. There are 3 push pins on the holder apparently used to holde the adapter ring in place. You can remove the pins from the holder completely. The pins are designed that they can only be pushed in half way from one side of the holder. However, the pins can be push out completely from the opposite side. This is important if you want to put the filter tightly close to one side of the holder to reduce vignetting caused by the extra distance between the filter and the lens on the other side. The pins have to be on the side which they can be completely pushed out to allow the filter to slide smoothly for adjustment. I may be confusing you but you will know what I am talking about when you use it. Just remember that the pins can be removed from the holder. Like the last user, I found no problem with vignetting with my 18-200mm lens on the wide end, and I think it can do better than that. I did spent sometime to figure out how to rearrange the stack of slots to make sure I can get the filter close to the lens. You can go to cokin's website for more info about this holder:
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Overall, I really like this system!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good design, easy to use, August 16, 2010

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Daniel Hoherd (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cokin BZ100 Filter Holder for Z Series Filters (Electronics)

This is a lightweight plastic device with a good design and a decent design quality. It's easy to use and does what it's supposed to.

Be careful with the adapters ring used to attach this to the lens, some of them have white writing on the front which will reflect off of your filters and show up in your photographs. Google "cokin design flaw" for my example shot on flickr and review on Amazon about this issue. Cokin did say they would fix this in future versions, and i was happy with their responsiveness on the issue.