Customer Reviews

Cokin BZ100 Filter Holder for Z Series Filters

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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.

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:
[...]
Overall, I really like this system!

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.