Finally, the biggest problem is solved in VR180 Filmmaking.
Wait, what is the biggest problem? You know the time when you are filming outside under the SUN,
and you need to close the Aperture to 16 to avoid clipping. Later on in editing you find
out the result image looks blurry and ugly. And you can never use the Canon C-log 3 native
ISO of 800, which lead to losing dynamic range in both highlights and shadows.
Well, the pro will tell you to use ND Filters. But you can not use a ND or
a Mattbox on a fisheye lens like this. Well, until today. Meet Kolari Magnetic
Clip-in Filter for Canon RF cameras like Canon R5, R5C, and even the Red V-Raptor.
In this review, I will show you why you absolutely need this for VR180 filmmaking,
how to put it on, take it out, and time-saving VR filmmaking
tips that will save you some headaches in post-production. Let's dive right in.
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I don't think I need to tell you how important ND Filters are. And it is extra important if
you film with a fisheye lens. Because there is a sweet focus spot on the Canon RF5.2mm
F2.8 L Dual Fisheye lens. The lens is at its sharpest in F5.6 - And you need to stay between
F5 to F8 to achieve the best image quality. If you shoot Canon RAW in C-log 3 Cinema Gamut,
your minimum ISO is 800 before losing information. Plus the giant fisheye lens, you are letting A LOT
OF Light into your sensor. You need to cut it down.
The Kolari Magnetic Clip-in Filter for Canon RF does precisely that. It is simple but has
a great impact on your image quality. It is literally the difference between
the Pro look and the ameture look. The biggest worry of any ND Filter is color
cast and vignette. Let's take a look at the image produced by these ND Filters:
On the Left, we have the Kolari Clip-in 3-Stop ND filter. The Aperture is at F5.6, Iso at 800,
and a 180-degree shutter angle. On the right we do not have any ND Filter. The Aperture is at F14,
ISO also at 800, and a 180-degree shutter angle. Let's apply Canon's official color
grade on the Log footage. As you see on the color chart, there is no color cast
on the Kolari filter. Kolari Filter is 100% American Made, in New Jersey. The quality is
always top-notch. You can't tell there is an ND Filter added right in front of the sensor.
This is exactly what we want. Let's zoom out to see the full fisheye VR180 stitch result.
You do not see any vignettes. Basically, the Kolari Filter does not add anything to your image,
besides cutting down light. Beautiful! Now, let's zoom right in 300% of the image.
The Kolar result looks sharper in general than without an ND Filter! Actually, this has nothing
to do with the ND Filter, but everything to do with the Aperture of the camera. This phenomenon
is known as Diffraction. Basically, Diffraction reduces the sharpness of your image even if you
are in perfect focus. Diffraction is caused by very little light going into your camera - in
a smaller aperture, higher F-stop. We notice Diffraction starts around F13 and gets really
worse at F16 on the Dual Fisheye lens. To be fair, Diffraction happens in any lens - it is
a physical phenomenon you can not avoid. So the rule of thumb any photographer will know is to
keep your F-stop below F13 to avoid Diffraction. Diffraction affects your entire Fisheye image,
it is not a focus issue. So if you ever wonder why with the same camera system,
some videos look softer than the others on Meta Quest TV, this is exactly why.
Okay, no more Professor Hugh here. If you feel like I refresh your college photography class,
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I will also provide all the VR180 footage, C-log 3 ungraded, free to download. Links in
the description down below. I will recommand downloading them and taking a look at them
yourself to see how much better the image quality improvement inside your VR headsets
like Meta Quest 2 or Meta Quest Pro Now, let me show you how to use the
Kolari Drop-in Filter to achieve the best image quality for VR180.
okay now let me show you how to put the KOLARI clip in magnetic filter onto the Canon r5c
first if your camera was on turn the camera on right now
make sure to turn the camera off
you hear that sound right meaning that sensor blaze turned off now is safe to pop your lens out
so go ahead and pop your Canon Fisheye lens out
safely as you see the Caon Dual Fisheye Lens right here let me just focus on you on it so you can see it
yeah they have like a gelatin filter slot right here and they recommend that you you
cut your own filter and put it in here that never worked on set is so hard and it just
doesn't work I would not recommend to do that so don't do that instead we're gonna use the
right here The KOLARI sensor filter right here let me open it for you boom so we have the three
stop six stop and ten stop ND for you to choose from even in California right now I think three
stock is good enough because we also in the shadow so go ahead and pick the three stop right there
so if you see the filter hopefully you see it make sure to focus on it
the little magnetic thing right here we go straight to the sensor part right here
so flip it right now just gently pop this thing in it go right in
if you let go it go right in because magnetic thing just sucking right in
the ND filter is slightly bigger than the sensor size so it's a little bit loose right
here it's designed maybe to be like that so it's okay so as soon as on it's on it's not
coming out so now last step is put the lens back on gently obviously
okay now it's safe to point a camera is a there's a bee right there uh right here by the way this is
the Ulanzi Coman tripod I did a review right here very very good tripod so go check it out
so now we are ready to turn the camera on
okay so Step One is we're gonna go on to
Canon raw LT right here it's the only way you can zoom in and zoom out of the Canon r5c now
you go ahead and zoom in hit the magnetic hit the magnified glasses right here once and tap
twice Zoom all the way in point the focal chart behind us it's actually right now it's pretty
focused so we're just gonna mess up the focus again so without the so after you change the
clip in filter the focus part is changed so this is my I marked this part down this is
the focus part without any filter in sensor so obviously look at that it's not focused at all
so by the way uh if you need help uh here is how you turn on the peaking
right here so now we're in the focus look at the peaking line it's a Sweet Spont somewhere
around here look at that that is focused right here right now so now we can turn off
sorry the peaking
so you see that uh now we can really like play with the aperture so for the Dual Fisheye lens
The Sweet Spot of F stop is 5.6 right now in 180 shutter and go in ISO 800 why ISO 800
so Canon r5c have when it shoot raw uh have two ISO ISO 800 and ISO 3200s and you always
always want to shoot at native ISO to get the best low noise image out so that is not a perfect setting
right now and only way to get that is using the KOLARI sensor filter right there to really control the
lighting in a bright California daylight so I can really like open up my aperture to 5.6
see and with the iso so uh to my experience the sharpest point of this lens is 5.6 it's
around 5 F5 to f8 you never want to go away this range if you if you are too open like
around right here the image got a little bit soft if you're too close Beyond eight the
image also got pretty soft and without the filter usually in daylight you shot an F-16
but now we can really start at F 5.8 now let me show you how to correctly remove
the clip in sensor filter so first make sure the camera is completed off
so you hear that sound meaning the blade of sensor blades closed completely now
it's safe to pop the lens out so go ahead and put on lens cap
or let me just show you the lens cap on now you're safe to pop the lens
as you see right here have the filter right here KOLARI right here so go ahead
and use the key which come with the package right here right here
go ahead and gently touch the bottom part lift it up
now since the power off probably in the case and as you see when you turn the camera off
the sensor blade is closed so your sensor is safe so there is also an easy way to really
like remove the clip in filters so let me show you let me just unlock my quick release tripod unlock it
so hopefully you see it right now the camera is closed you open up your lens
so as you see the filter is in it right now so you can gently just do that
do that already see it now the sensor things the sensor filters come off already and see
they're still close so it's safe so now you can put this back into
your case to keep obviously the sensor I could keep the filter clean
now you can just gently put your lens back and now
you're ready to film in indoor environment without filters
The Kolari filters cause some cosmetic problems inside the touch point between the camera and
the filter. There is no need to be concern as it is not hurting your camera in any way.
This is caused by turning and pushing the lens in and out while the sensor blaze is
closed. I do want to draw your attention here. If you are not okay with that, you might want
to wait for another solution. Comment below and tell us your experience on this matter.
Lastly, Kolari filters are currently on a Black Friday sale. So it is a great time to get them
with the lowest price. This is actually why I got them as well. But if you are too late
and miss the Black Friday Sale, I will do my best to ask them to provide our viewers
with some discounts. No promise tho. Check the updated link down below for the latest deals.
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