quite possibly one of the smallest but yet maybe one of the coolest products
in our channel to review yet today we're talking about the hearthstone vnd xmiss
two-pack filter series from the good folks at freewill so this creates a cinebloom style feel
on your mavic 2 pro and i'm totally stoked to try this out today in downtown toronto
let's pop these on the bird give it a test and see what we think
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so welcome back everybody my name is stephen of steven jannika and it has been an age since
i've had a chance to do a product review and i'm stoked today to talk about these awesome little
filters that have come from freewell now we've done a review before on the nd filter set for
the mavic air 2s but they sent me this uh filter set asking if we'd be interested in doing a review
on cinebloom filters for the mavic 2 pro now when they mentioned that i definitely hopped
at the chance because that's my second bird in command the first bird now is a dji inspire 2 but
that's a whole different vlog this really hits a unique aspect of getting cinematic footage
when you're putting your drone up in the air and they also have the option of being able to stop
down to different nd levels as well as give you the bloom effect so this could be a very
cool game changing feature for when you're looking to do custom drone cinematography on
your mavic 2 pro and of course what testing wouldn't be complete without a little mini
unboxing and we're talking many because this thing is small let's check it out
so here we go on a quick unboxing and i'm never really good at the slow style unboxing
especially on things like christmas morning i just tend to rip things open so
instead of the finesse of an unboxing let's just get right to the point
so inside the box
we have a little nd set covered in plastic
take that plastic off and we have ourselves two lovely variable nd mist filters now let's do a
bit of a reveal nice so one thing i really like about these filter sets is that when free will
packages them they also come in a magnetic case and that's a really nice touch because if you're
popping this in your camera bag you know you have an extra level of coverage for that plastic case
so nice presentation good coverage and good protection being able to make sure your mist
filters aren't damaged and that magnetic thing is really cool so here's the first filter it gives
you gives you an nd rating of six seven eight and nine and the other nd option on this is over here
and i believe this one is one two five so we have roughly 10 stops of nd range here on these filters
now as we all know as mavic 2 pro owners putting filters on your drone is a little
bit of a nerve wracking experience but the way they've created and constructed these little
nd filters makes it very easy to know what side and also the direction in which you're
putting the filters on so make sure you have the free will to the left side of the gimbal
and the vndx mist marking to the right side of the gimbal so let's pop them on and give it a shot
of course you hold down some pressure slide them in and just like that we're good to go okay
so now we have the nd filter set on the bird and i'm going to set this down to about nd 2 or nd1 of
course when you go to a place and it's nice and sunny and you set your equipment up the weather
always changes and now it's quite cloudy and it's actually getting a little bit cold here in toronto
so i'm going to stop that nd right down to my nd1 but essentially we are good to go so let's
hop the bird up in the air and take a look at the results of this vnd x mist filter set let's go
so the bird is back from its first flight utilizing these vndx miss filters from freewell
and of course i'm not in the post-production editing suite to take a look at the results
however checking it out on the controller as i was flying i was really impressed seeing the the level
of bloom effect that came across on the controller now of course i was shooting in d log in h.265 to
get the most dynamic range for when i'm flying this particular drone and i recommend that for
all drone operators always shoot in a log profile it just gives you so much more flexibility in post
to be able to push and pull those colors that being said when i was looking at the results to
see what i thought of this balloon filter on now a bit of a cloudy day i was impressed to see there
was a nice light cinebloom effect taking place now cinnabon filters are often used on cinema cameras
i have some from moments and i often use it on my zcam or i give it to eric to shoot on the c70
but having this on a drone is a really cool effect now pundits may argue of course you can just take
it into your editing suite and you can go into creative tool and premiere pro or whatever suite
you're using and change the faded film effect or the sharpening to get the desired results
yes this is true however if you already have it on your drone while you're doing your flying it just
adds that extra level of you know confidence in your footage that when you're heading back
into the suite you don't have to do too much to adjust to get that desired effect
so would i recommend these little filters absolutely now these were sent to me and i was
not paid by free will to say any of these things this is my own honest opinion on these products
but i would recommend picking up a set if you are utilizing the mavic 2 pro it just it's intuitive
because not only do you get the cinebloom filter effect you also get the variable stop nd
anyways it is so good to back into the gear review swing of things and we have lots of gear to review
coming up everything from lenses to phone filters to even lab audio sets that i have yet to review
and ultimately give away to you so thanks so much for watching if you're thinking about picking up
some vndx mist filters say that 10 times fast for your mavic 2 pro look no further than the
freewell set because they get an awesome result and until next time we will catch you later