Ahoj! This is Zdenka.
It's finally here. I knew they're gonna
come up with this eventually.
I had the feeling.
I have a collection of Freewell filters.
Many of them are shown on this channel.
We talked about
variable ND filters, circular polarizers,
mist filters and now here are the
Freewell variable
ND X Mist filters. If you are guessing
that these filters are similar to Polar
pro Peter McKinnon filters,
the ND Mist variable filters,
then you're guessing right. Except this
thing
is way way cheaper.
Whenever Freewell contacts me to try
their products
I know I will say yes. I'm not getting
paid by them, they're not telling me what
to say.
I like the quality, they make a big
difference in my photos and videos.
There is a big difference between the
filters I used to buy in the past
and these ones. I'll show you the filter
itself in a little bit
but let's jump straight into sample
video. I took it out the other day, we
finally got some snow, the scenery was
white again,
finally. How about I'm gonna show
you first a sample video with
just regular Freewell variable ND
filter with no Mist
in it?
Now, let's look at some sample video
filmed with the Variable ND X Mist
filter. And for those wondering, I was
filming with Sony
A7Siii, Tamron lens 17-20 to 28 millimeters.
I was filming in standard color profile,
24 frames per second
and 60 frames per second and later on I
was also filming in LOG and
color graded the whole thing in a post.
What you will notice
is the softer look. Shadows are raised,
highlights are diffused,
skin is softer and you get the pretty
halation
effect.
And now, let me compare a few clips side
by side.
First with regular Variable ND filter
and then Variable ND X Mist filter.
When it comes to the soft look, you
either like it
or you don't. I like it. I really like it.
In some of the videos it's
very suitable. I wouldn't use it for every
single video I do but
there are a lot of videos with this
which are very suitable.
It's just, it softens this up. It's just
more
pleasing to the eye. I don't necessarily
have to see
every single pore on person's skin and I
like that
that light, that cloud of light as I
call it.
The Mist filters are usually available
in different strengths.
These Variable ND X Mist filters
are 1/8
strength. Let me pull out just those
Mist filters I reviewed a while ago.
One is 1/8 strength and the other one is
1/4.
Let's take some photos and place them
side by side with the Variable ND X
Mist filter in between.
Let's see how the 1/8 looks like in
comparison
to 1/4. And now let's check out these
filters up close.
Classic packaging, classic Freewell box.
Inside are two cases with two filters.
At the bottom of the case we have
magnetic lens cap.
We have some reading materials, stickers,
cleaning cloth which is important as we
have
never enough of them and another
magnetic lens cap.
One filter is 2 to 5 stop
equivalent to ND4 to ND32
and the other one is 6 to 9 stop
equivalent to ND64
to ND512. This is the combo package.
The material is aluminium with pure high
definition
optical glass 18 layers multi-coated.
And what I especially like is their new
feature
the hard stops. You can feel and hear
when it
actually clicks, when it snaps into the
stop.
It's very helpful because and that's a
huge improvement on those filters, they
didn't have that feature
on the previous ones. When you have
filters
which they don't have it and you just
kind of
turn it and there's no snap in it or
sometimes there's not even a numbers, you
have to keep checking here and there if
you
accidentally didn't turn it. It did happen
to me before,
so it's definitely a huge improvement. I
really like that feature.
The reason there are two filters is to
avoid the
cross hatch pattern or cross
polarization.
And there is no vignetting and there is
no color cast.
I actually did a little test with the
sky so here it is.
Two stops,
three stops,
four stops,
five stops. This is
six stops,
seven stops,
eight stops,
nine stops. I'm quite happy that they came
up
with the Variable ND filters with the
Mist already in them.
I use jsut the Mist filters for
photography all the time because I don't
need the Variable ND filter there
outdoors.
So when I'm taking photos, I definitely
use just the Mist filters. I also
use just Mist filters when I'm
filming
indoors. Depending how I feel, the more tired
I put the stronger one or the soft one..
I'm just kidding.
But for video, when I'm filming
outdoors,
I do need Variable ND filters so
normally I would have to combine the
soft filter with Variable ND filter but
now I don't need to do that. I just
put that one filter on and it's done.
They come in different sizes
from 58 millimeters to 82 millimeters.
If you don't want to buy the whole combo,
both filters, you can get
separately. Mostly you'll be using 2 to
5 stop
filter. 5-9 would be for
extremely bright days.
To save money, when you are buying any
filter for your lenses, just get the
biggest filter for the biggest lens you
have
and then buy the step down rings to make
it fit on the smaller
lenses. That way you don't have to
actually buy filter for every single
lens you have.
For those who are still a little bit
confused when you, when it comes to
filters,
Variable ND filters, circular polarizers
and Mist filters,
how to use them, when and where and so on,
I placed few links, a few videos in the
video description below.
Those are tutorials are created in the
past, that should give you
a lot more clarity. Also, you will find a
link to these
Freewell Variable ND X Mist filters
so you can check the current pricing
depending when you're watching the video
if now,
in a month, in a year in your currency
depending on
where you live. Hit the thumbs up if you
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You should. And if you have any questions,
comments, want to say hi or Ahoj, you know
what to do. You can leave it
in the comment section below and I'll
see you my friends in the next video.
Cau..... Ahoj....