Why you should consider this deal:
1) They are accepting scratched and
up to 15 year old gear for trade-in. Terms apply -- see trade-in terms
here.
2) Holder looks pretty slick. It would not take much to make a slicker one than the very simple Lee 100 holder, but to give them credit, it looks like they indeed made one.
Why you should not consider this deal:
1) I hope you don't like setting CPL rotation independently of the ND grads. No option to do that here without using an on-lens CPL and then stacking the holder setup on top of that, which will (presumably) start vignetting earlier FL-wise and not be that much fun to do -- you'd need to juggle/futz with CPL polarization while maintaining out ND grad horizon. Strikes me as a two-handed task.
2) Ultrawide FL warning: The filters + holder aren't large enough to cover the larger FOV that ultra-UWA lenses require (say under 16mm FF).
3) Ultrawide FL warning: Usually a joint problem with U-UWA lenses, if you lack filter threads, this system (appears to) lack an outrigger solution like Wonderpana, Lee SW150, etc.
And they make a rather nebulous claim that you can get vignetting-free performance down to 16mm (FF) with three levels installed. It's difficult (but possible) to do this with a 100mm setup, but as lenses vary in filter-ring-to-front-element distance and I'm not seeing that CPL in this setup, I am a little skeptical that they've defied physics so effectively with just a 100mm filter. They very well may have pulled this off, but I am sure some strings apply.
That said,
- A