Lee Filters Canada

August 7, 2010

Supplier Review

UPDATE 08/07/10

I placed the order with lens filters on June 21st, the site said the product was available, but I received an email a few days later saying the product was on backorder, with the ETA unknown but typically they were filled in thirty days. Even though I was disappointed on availability I keep the order live because the stock was not available anywhere in the US. So here it is August 2nd, and my order shipped from Canada, FedX next day…except next day turned into a week, due to some customs issues with Fed…but never matter, the .75 (2 1/2) ND saw use this morning at 5:30 am, and boy was I glad it was in my bag again….the price: $135+$34=$169cdn = $165US vs B&H $105+$0 ship …a $65 dollar premium, no bargain but it is in my bag now (after a six week wait) !! If you are tired of US channels give them a call.

Posted on 6/21/10

US distribution thru B&H, Adorama and other outlets for a number of Lee Grad ND Filters types is borderline abysmal. Product selection and availability is weak and any delivery information is out of the question. The reason is that Lee had some major type of manufacturing meltdown in the UK over a year ago and are crippled to get the act together and supply demand. I’ve written about this a few times as I have seen the shortage impact my ability to get the Images I want.

Exacerbated with the wait, I spent the better half of the day, researching domestics camera stores for availability. NOTHING…..In frustration, I searched worldwide. NOTHING…then I smartened up, went to the LEE site and searched on their store locator for Canada…walla!….the have one major distributor, and their web site is very well put together (unlike B&H,Adorama) explaining the various filters, functions, dimensions, availability and pricing. I have my order in…so let’s see what happens with the delivery process…I’ll keep you Posted

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09/07/10 News

By Fritz

I’m headed to NX2 training workshop this weekend being conducted by Jason Odell. He has an short demonstration on Friday which has over 70 photog’s attending. It should be a good time.

I traveled out in the wilderness of central Vermont for some camping in my friend’s ‘Taj Ma Tent’…. a fully appointed National Geographic Expedition tent, needless to say my nites rest on a three ply tempur-pedic sleeping pad were quite comfortable. My host, Mr. Knowledge, kept me quite entertained with stories of our mispent youth as we got our camp on watching fire dance into the night.

I had the opportunity to hike 3.7 (R/T) miles at 4:00am to capture some remarkable Images of Vermont’s largest dam, and I’ll be posting some images up shortly

Did you miss the announcement that NIkon is selling their gear direct ? Interesting that Nikon will be competing with your local or big house stores as Nikon sets up its own online distribution network…selling cameras is not a core competency of NIkon, nor is service from what I’ve read, so this may not be so good for the prosumers in the long run….I’m really waiting to see what Thom Hogon says about this one…but Nikon is loosing some margin, by letting Amazon and others sell via the net …

I’ve read that OWC has a program to upgrade your MAC processor in 2 days, I’m trying to dig into that a bit more

thanks to Adorama and B&H for asking me to sponsor their ads on the site (within four days of each other, now that,s competition). Our site has a few eyeballs looking into content here….however, I’m not set up as a business, so I’ll keep my site ad free for the foreseeable future…..

Happy Shooting …..