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Bring on the Explorer - a tougher and cheaper NiSi filter?

Emil von Maltitz sizes up NiSi's new, slightly cheaper version of their 100mm square glass filters, the ‘Explorer Range’. Looking at the two, there is little to no visible difference save for the ‘EXPLORER’ branding at the filter top. So where is the difference, and which one should you buy?

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Ready for Everything - A Review of the F-Stop Sukha
The Drakensberg mountains captured my imagination the first time I visited them. Straddling South Africa and Lesotho, the range stretches over 1000km, reaching heights of over 3400 meters. The Drakensberg can loosely be translated as “Mountain of Dragons”, a name...
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A Review of the NiSi Close Up Lens Kit
Macro photography is addictive! Once you try your first diopter, which is basically a cheap and nasty magnifying lens, you dive down the rabbit hole of macro photography. Walking into the back garden suddenly becomes a safari, and everything from...
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Goldilocks Legs - A review of the SIRUI R-3213X
Over the last few years SIRUI have become a manufacturer of force in the photographic industry. Like most photographers I originally viewed their equipment with a healthy dose of scepticism. Like many I believed that being a Chinese manufacturer they...
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