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cokin and lee were not direct competitors. lee make bellows lens hoods which were way better than anything cokin made. originally cokin only had the 2 ranges (P and C?) the lee filters were bigger and the lenshoods/metal adapter rings better quality. Lee also made 100 and 75mm square 'gels' for colour correction from cc025 up to cc40 in red cyan blue yellow green magenta to colour balance film batches and fl-d, fl-t, nd and all the 80 81 82 etc series in abcde strengths. considering that a photographer who shot transparency would have to own most of these for proper colour correction (this is pre digital) then paying £5 each wasn't too much of a cost they also make rolls of lighting filters frosts etc. Lee stuff is used in the film motion picture industry (along with Rosco).
cokin is not on the same level. for example they only list one fld when you need the three that lee make to correct the three different kinds of fluro tube. lee also enable you to add a bit more magenta or green in cc.025 increments to fine tune, they also sell the lighting filters to correct the tubes in rolls long enough to cover a fluro tube.
Lee FTW!