So ND filter..... is it even sitting there?...Yeah it's sitting there. OK.. Oh..
but I needed both. OK, last time. So I need both so CPL filter.
Like this and now I need ND filter on top of it. OK let's just add it there. All this screwing
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Look at these two fancy boxes. The packaging is really nice and promises
high quality just looking at it. Well, let's open it and see what's inside.
One box has a CPL which is circular polarizing filter and second one is ND
filter. Each filter is made of two parts. First part is magnetic UV filter and
then you have ND filter. It is made of using the high definition premium
optical glass, double side multi-coated, therefore there is ZERO chromatic
aberration or color shift. Each side of the glass element is coated with
waterproof, dustproof, scratch proof, oil proof so you can enjoy it during any
condition. In the box you will also find lens cap, UV filter, microfiber,
cleaning cloth and magnetic hardcase, sticker and a little bit of reading
which shows you what other filters the company offers. Let me show you how this
works. So you will screw on this whole system and by the way the company
Freewell is so kind to me that they actually put my name right on the filter.
Very cool, thank you very much. It's a beautiful gift. So once you have the
filter system on your lens, all you have to do now if you want the lens cap just
do this. Done. It's there. If you want to take it off, you take it off.
The magnet if you don't want the CPL filter, you just take it off and UV
filter stays on your lens and put the CPL filter on again. And as you can
tell the magnet is quite strong so it's not going to fall off. It holds very well.
I'm feeling that I have to use a little bit of strength to actually remove the
filter. That's how well it is sitting so I'm not afraid it's going to fall off
whatsoever. Now let's take everything off and let's just keep the UV filter on
because normally you would keep the UV filter on to protect the lens right? You
never ever used UV filter in 13 years... busted? You know what? My lenses I have them
for 12 years, right. But look at this. Look! Seriously look at this. It's mint.
There's no scratch, there's nothing. It's like brand-new. You know how I'm very
careful with my lenses. I'm very careful with my lenses. Well, what about that
$1,200 lens you dropped in a pool? I didn't drop it. It's sort of fell and I
didn't, I didn't drop it. You know what Mr. Moza M50, why
don't you just.. can you be so kind and just keep your shutter shut please?
Anyhow, it is the best if you keep the UV filter on at all times because it will
protect your lens. And then if you just want to use the CPL filter, you simply
snap it on or snap it off. The same thing applies to the ND filter. You just put it
on and take it off in a matter of seconds. And I already know I'm going to
love it during weddings. Sometimes ceremonies are happening at noon when
the light is the harshest. It is right above the head and the ceremonies are outdoors
and you get all those blown out highlights in a hair. When you put on the
CPL filter you will eliminate them but sometimes it is so busy and so fast that
last few weddings honestly I didn't have enough time to actually put the CPL
filter on and sometimes I don't need CPL filter so be easier to take
it off. Because I'm simply just running around. It's very busy sometimes and
this will solve my problem. I will just snap it on in a matter of seconds. Shoot
and then when I don't need it, I just snap it off. Also I love to keep the lens
cap on at the times when I'm not shooting at the weddings. It's just me.
That's how I am. I just like to always keep it on whenever I'm not shooting and
when you're running throughout the wedding and your hands are shaking
sometimes you're just too much in a hurry. There have been so many times when
the lens cap was actually bugging me to put it on. My hands were shaking and I
sometimes even dropped it on the ground. I know it's not a big deal,
it's not an issue but for me this will eliminate it completely. So this is just
so easy to use. Snap on, done. And for landscape photographers that will change
everything as well because when you are shooting long exposure photos with the
ND filters, sometimes when you are shooting the DSLR like this one you have
to take the ND filter off to compose the shot, focus and then you put the ND
filter back again and if it's not okay you have to take it off and again focus
and do all that and then put the ND filter on, so you have to do a lot of
screwing and unscrewing which does take time.
With this, it is just matter of seconds. You don't have to do all that, so that's
definitely a game-changer but enough of the sweet talk, let's put the system to
the test. I'm gonna take it outdoors and take some random sample photos to check
the quality.
So what do you think? I think the quality is pretty nice. It is very nice actually.
Well, I have the CPL and ND 64 filter. I actually pull up the filter guide which
was in the box and I can see that they have quite a variety of different
filters you can get and they have them categorized very nicely, very easily. For
standard day, they offer and ND 4 and the 8 and ND 16 or CPL filter. For bright day
they offer ND 8 and ND 16 and ND 32 or ND 64 ND filters. For long exposure they
offer ND 128, ND 256, ND 400 and ND 1000. For landscape they offer ND8 - GR,
ND16 - 4, ND 32 - 8, ND filters and last one is light pollution. Clear night.
The Freewell gear lights pollution resistor filter is an essential
accessory for nighttime photography. So you can see that they have wide variety
of products. And I know because I've been emailing back and forth with them that
down the road in the future they are gonna be only making a lot more products
and a lot of different sizes, so it's definitely something you want to keep an
eye on. What we didn't talk about yet is the price. Now the whole system is around
$100. I know some of you might say it's a lot of money but think about
it. If you buy UV filter separate, landscape separates and CPL filter
separate and it's probably gonna be lower grade quality and you will have to
do the whole screen on and off, you will most likely end up with the same amount
of money, so I'd say this is a very good price. It's fair. Well, hit the thumbs up
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and I'll see you all my friends in the next video... Cau.... Ahoj....