RE: Hitech Filters - UK Suppliers

["Brewer, Kevan" <kevan.brewer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clive Warren [mailto:Clive.Warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:41 PM
> To: infrared@xxxxx%INET2
> Subject: Re: Hitech Filters - UK Suppliers
> 
> 
> At 1:04 pm +0000 27/2/01, Brewer, Kevan wrote:
> >
> >A couple of suppliers (UK) have previously been supplying 
> Cokin 'P'-sized IR
> >filters made by Hitech. I went to the 'Focus on Imaging' 
> exhibition at the NEC
> >on Sunday and tried to buy a filter but the suppliers told 
> me that Hitech have
> >been bought out and no longer supply photographic filters. 
> Does anyone know
> >any more about this? Is there an alternative supplier?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Kevan Brewer
> >--
> >BAE Systems, Grange Road, Somerford, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 4JE
> >mailto:kevan.brewer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Kevan,
> 
> HiTech are part of Formatt Filters - all bought out by VFG who are a 
> London based pro. lighting company.  Formatt now concentrate on the 
> high end video market.
> 
> They stopped making infrared filters a long time ago.
> 
> One alternative supplier of "P" size infrared filters is CoCam :-) 
> 10% discount to IRlist members.

Clive,

Thanks for that, I thought you'd be able to supply. BTW I'm interested to know 
why there is a 4x price difference between the 25 and the 89B. All the HiTech 
ones were about £10 each.

Did you omit to mention the further 10% discount to BAE staff ;-)

Kevan

> -- 
> All the best,
> 
>               Clive   http://www.cocam.co.uk
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