Ahoj! This is Zdenka. You are looking at world’s first versatile magnetic VND filters by Freewell.
Now, this little package is all you need to cover all your creative needs. Let me take
it apart and show you what we have here. Magnetic lens cap, Magnetic base, VND Base, Mist X
VND Base for getting VNDXMist 2-5 and 6 - 9 stop filters, 2-5 stop VND filter, CPL filter,
6-9 stop VND filter and ND32-CPL filter. Now all of this has been combined together to
this small affordable package. Now if you buy all these filters separately, you gonna
pay double. What needs to be answered here is how it works and
how is quality? Did they sacrifice quality since it has been labeled as an affordable
package? Well, Freewell has sent me this package to test and review. They sent it to me a month
ago and I've been using it on every single shoot till now.
How does it work? First you
are going to screw on the base. Now here inside is 1 stop ND filter to be used with these
VND filters. If you don’t want to use it, you just take it out and leave the base on. Or
you can put it back in. There are these little marks which need to align. It falls in nicely.
If you want to use just a mist filter, then you take out the 1 stop ND filter and put
in the mist. Let’s look at some photos without any filter, with 1 stop ND filter and with
mist filter. All 3 photos are taken with same camera settings. This is just to give
you an idea how the results gonna look like and check the quality.
All right… moving on… I am going to put back in the 1 stop ND filter, base for variable ND filters. I
am going to start with 2-5 stop VND. You have to align the A here with the arrow 2-5 stop
facing out and there… now you can see 2, 3, 4, 5,... it doesn’t have hard clicks
between stops but at the beginning is hard stop and at the end… The numbers will tell
you where you are exactly at. So this 2-5 stop VND filters. Now if you take off 2- 5
stop VND filter and you turn it around, you will see that there is CPL filter. To use
it, remove the 1 stop ND filter, and place the CPL filter, CPL sign out and there. You’ve
got CPL filter on. And here for comparison are photos with no filter and CPL filter on.
Moving on. 6-9 stop VND. The same thing as
before. Place the 1 stop ND Filter base in, 6-9 stop VND on top and shoot away… If you
turn the filter around you will get ND32 CPL. Again take out the 1 stop ND filter, place
the ND32 CPL so it faces out and you are all set. Let’s check out the VND filter if there
is any cross hatch or banding or color distortion and all that. But I can tell you that I've
been using Freewell filters for few years now and the quality is super high so I just
want to see if they are actually maintaining the same quality with this budget friendly package.
What is great that if you own other Freewell ND filters, you can combine them
with CPL to create a hybrid. Meaning that if you place the ND filter inside you can
place CPL on top of it. OK, moving on to Mist X VND base. If you use only the base with
this you’ve got yourself mist filter. And if you place over this Mist filter VND filters,
you’ve got yourself VNDX Mist filters. Let’s talk about the lens cap. Now, they changed
the design. There is now logo on top and you can kind of see through. Let’s see how strong
the lens cap really is, how strong the magnet is. Not a chance it is going to fall off.
I am just attaching it to the base. It is actually the best to use it just on the base.
When I was filming, I had the VND filter on and then I just put the lens cap on top of
it and I put it in my bag. And then later when I took the camera out of the bag and
removed the lens cap I usually removed the ND filter as well as the lens cap has very
strong magnet and the VND filter’s magnet is not that strong. Now I just got used to
having the thumb on the VND filter when I am removing the lens cap. One thing I need
to mention that you cannot use the lens cap over the CPL filter. Because once you turn
around the VND filter to use the CPL filter the opposite magnet won’t allow it. What
do I think of this package? To be honest at first when I hand it on the camera on the
lens and I saw how it's kind of sticking out, I was kind of like... hm... I got to get used
to this. It doesn’t have that straight look like with normal filters. But now I don’t
mind that at all. It took me little bit to get used to this system to know how to change
the filters and all that but now I really appreciate that it is all included. It is
very light package. I used to bring only the filters I needed for the day and often I was
thinking maybe I should have brought the CPL filter with me as well or the Mist, not just the VND
filter. But now, I have everything in one. It's in my bag and I know that I am covered
when it comes to any kind of creative shoots. I have everything with me. The quality is
the same, I didn’t notice any difference from the previous Freewell filters. But I
know that I am definitely going to stay with this package from now on. Link to this product
can be found below in the video description for those interested. Well, hit the thumbs
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miss the one coming out on Friday. Another on location shoot. Outdoor shoot. Very cinematic
and very entertaining. Well, if you have any questions, comments, leave them below and
I'll see you my friends on Friday. Cau... Ahoj...