Yes. Hello there. As you may or may not know, there's a bit of a storm at the minute,
that's why it's a bit windy so the sound of the recording might be a bit crap.
But I've got something to show you right now, right in my pocket. And here it is, ta-da.
Okay, so it's not a new phone, it's a new iPhone 11 case with a integrated filter holder and a grip.
Look, see there’s a grippy thing right there?
And the filter-y thing right there?
Now Polar Pro have sent me some nice things before, usually filters for the DJI Mavic, the DJI Osmo pocket,
and they're very nice products. They've got a nice case as well.
Now they're making cases.
They're not just making filters, they're making,
they're putting the case and the filter together, and this is what happens!
This is the iPhone 11 case with filter holder.
Okay.
Comes in a little case.
Let’s open the case.
That's a big-ass polarizer for your phone, sorry, variable ND filter, polarizer's over there.
Okay, it's also got a rubber cover on it. Take that off.
I mean, that's sure- Oh I see.
Okay, it, it covers all three lenses, so that's the iPhone 11 case.
It’s, it's a tough case. It’s, it’s, it's made of a hard plastic and kind of like a rubber.
It's like a trampoline in the middle, kind of soft in the center, hard on the outside.
Right, so that’s the grip,
which goes on, how's that go on?
Oh okay, it's got tripod mount on the bottom and the top,
got a little lock and a push button here.
Oh, okay, yeah, which goes on there.
Now all I need to do is steal my wife's iPhone 11.
Let's do it.
Now one of the biggies for shooting with a filter so that you can have 180 degrees shutter
for nice-looking video but of course, with a phone you don't have a filter thread on lens,
you can't stick a filter on it, but with this, the case, you can stick a filter on it.
You probably also think that,
Oh no, you can't stick on fifty of a second for a 180 degrees shutter video on the standard camera
but that's where Filmic Pro comes in and that's what I'm using to take video with this.
Yep, so the filter on this is bayonet mount. Currently I have got this filter on it.
That's a variable ND filter, this is two to five stop filter,
and the grippy thing which is detachable
we can move it towards the center which I've done just so I can put a tripod on it.
This mini little tripod or you could put it towards the outside perimeter of the case for a better grip.
Alright, so I've given the phone back,
even though that was my phone before,
I gave it to my missus because her phone was even more smashed up than mine.
I'm back to the X,
this case available for the 11, 11 pro, and pro max,
starting off the basic case and a grip, and some different combinations of case, grip and filters.
You've got the circular polarizer which is for cutting out reflections
and for making your photos pop just that little bit more.
Unfortunately I pop my circular polarizer into the river, accidentally,
it fell out of my pocket, so I can't show you any sample photos taken with the circular polarizer.
Then you've got the variable ND which I've got mounted onto this phone right here,
this is a 2 to 5 stop variable ND.
Now one thing I noticed when I was taking video with this on the ultra wide, and it is really bloody wide,
that 13 mm, there was some vignetting.
There was more on one side of the frame with a bit of color cast to it,
and becomes more apparent the stronger than the ND setting.
I mean you could treat it as a dramatic tobacco color filter effect,
but it's just on one side of the frame.
With the standard 28 mm lens it's still kind of there, not quite as noticeable, but it's there.
And then it's all but gone with the tele lens.
I did talk to Polar Pro about that and they said
they were releasing a three of five stop variable ND instead of this two to five.
Now they'll still be problems with that ultra wide because it's really bloody ultra wide,
but with a standard and tele, it should be fine.
Circular polariser fine, ND 3, ND 64 should be fine I don't know,
because I don’t actually have one with me, so I can't say for sure.
The grips are nice features as well because I'm always bloody dropping my phone,
it's nice to have something to hold on tight to, especially when you're taking photos and video.
And then you've got the tripod mount on the top and the bottom
you can put the tripod on the bottom and then may be something like a light on top.
But yeah build quality feels good, they look and feel nice.
It rotates nice and smoothly without being too slack.
Of course the filters are small but it's not too difficult to wrap your fingers around them.
And oh, by the way, I dropped the phone when I was out.
She'll never know, phone's fine, the case kind of sticks out further than the screen itself so,
you know, screen didn't get scratched up.
Filter’s fine, the ABS moulded frame is a little bit scratched up here,
and I guess the rubbery bit in the middle, the trampoline kind of thing,
I guess that acts as a kind of shock absorber for your phone when it bounces off the floor.
They absorb some of the shock, don't know.
Anyway I really like the video that comes out of the iPhone 11 with Filmic Pro
and just like with the filters that I have with the Osmo Pocket and the Mavic.
That is like the final piece of the puzzle.
I'll just have to steal my wife's phone a bit more.