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Polarpro Summit filters - Are they worth it?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2020
- For the Past 3 months i have been shooting with the Polarpro Summit filter system. Overall I found them to be of the best quality, but are they right for you? Dont forget to leave that comment bellow!
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Absolutely admire your honesty on your reviews. Thanks mate for the honesty 🙏👍👍
Greetings from South Australia. I'm pretty new to filters, saved up and bought myself a couple of kenko screw ins recently and I'm really enjoying the new abilities they bring. :) Thank you for the great videos
I am new to the filter game. I bought the Zomei grads and ND just a few months back. Mainly as you have said, cost reasons. Live here on the opposite coast in Virginia and travel a good bit to the Outer Banks and all up and down the coast chasing storms and hurricanes when I can. You always rock man!! the images are always superb! Keep up the great work and congrats again on the marriage
100.000!! Congrats on that Nick. Keep it up!
Hey Nick thanks for making great videos, always useful! Not using any filters right now but I was considering this polar pro system even though it is not cheap. From Quebec, Canada. Keep up the videos and photos on IG, your work is always a good inspiration !
Excellent review Nick...I do enjoy using graduated filters. I use a 10 yr old Lee system. I enjoyed meeting you in Vegas! Thank you so much for all your wonderful videos and best of luck in your future projects! - Jaime
I just noticed that you have 100k subs!!! I always enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work.
Nick I love all the work you put into your videos..great stuff. I'm using the break though filter system at this time. I would love to try Polar Pro for sure...Huntsville Alabama!
G'day Nick, I use Lee filters, have had them for over 10 years now. Starting to show signs of age though. Living in the land down under, Melbourne Australia mate. Love your videos buddy. Keep up the great work.
Love the honesty in your product reviews and that you pass along the gear companies send your way for review. I am using a 3-stop and a 10-stop ND filter by Breakthrough Photography. I am from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Hey Nick. I enjoyed your honest review and the fact that you’re going to pass it on to one of your viewers. I’m from Eugene and like you, prefer to not carry a bunch of bulky stuff but wishing I had my Lee system at the Oregon coast because it is super bright here today. When I have it I typically don’t need it and when I don’t have it, I do need it. I like the option of putting a circular polarizer in that Summit setup but it does look a little bit ungainly altogether. Thanks for keeping it real Nick and congrats to you and your wife. Hawaii looked awesome!
Congrats on the wedding! I enjoy your channel immensely. I currently have a few LEE filters, NDs and grads. Would love to try out these filters! From Williamsburg, VA.
Aloha Nick! I’m from Honolulu, Hawaii and I’m currently using Cokin filters. By the way, your videos are awesome! Looking forward to watching more of your upcoming videos.
Solid advice as usual, thanks for the review. I currently use the Wine Country filter system.
Nick, greeting from sunny and ground shacking Puerto Rico. Been using Lee for 5 years now. Look forward every week to what you have to show and teach us. Also, love your tutorials, can’t wait to see what the F4 group comes up with.
Yay!! You’re back! Can’t wait to see the F4 series! I’m in your home state and currently use a ProMaster CP. I don’t screw it on tight but there are occasions I cannot get the dang thing off. For some reason it really clamps onto my lens and out in the field I either have to change lenses or walk away angry. Stacking would be a dream however with one that twists and self-locks that’s a boobytrap I dare not try. I have wanted a drop-in system but haven’t bitten into it yet as I don’t know who’s to buy. When I did underwater video I used PP’s filters and they didn’t let me down. I was one of your first 100,000 subscribers and if you choose me, I’ll drive down your way and pick it up! A nice f-up video of you stepping on my CPL would be funnn! Congrats on your wedding too!!!
Hey Nick, I’m from SoCal and I’ve been using a Hoya 10 stop including an ICE cpl and a few ICE screw on ND’s. Thanks for all the encouraging, inspiring videos.
I have been collecting and using the Cokin P series filters for many years. I have almost every filter, even the uncommon prism. But a recent review of use showed that I used very few of them, mostly the circular polariser and the NDs. As a retiree I have to watch the pennies, and whilst I have looked at the PolarPro filter system I cannot justify the expense. So a gift of them would gladden my heart. I found your channel fairly recently and have binge-watched all of your Sony videos (I shoot the A77V; sadly I can't afford to replace it with the A7R3iii which would be my choice). I live in Hampshire in the UK, an area with little in the way of epic landscapes. All the best, and 🤞.
Hi Nick- I'm almost a nextdoor neighbor- live in John Day OR - about 200 miles straight south of you. Love your videos - very informative- have followed for quite some time but just subscribed (your my first!!). Currently shooting with a Canon crop (70D) but excited to move to a full frame in the next couple of weeks. Using Singh Ray ND's and polarizer (which I got while on a David Muench workshop in Death Valley about 10 years ago). My go-to lens is a 16-50 Sigma with 77mm threads and a poor beat up Conkin filter holder.
Love your Oregon/Washington costal vids in particular- made it to Iceland for some stellar Auroral displays two years ago January- so your Iceland blogs were a hit. Keep up the great content. Hope to see you out there some day.
Best.
Bob
Nick your a beast man! It’s very admirable that you give your test gear away. Personally just bought into the Sony system so I have no filters yet. Would be grateful to win these!
Hi Nick, awesome review! I am from Salt Lake City, Utah. I bought the Benro Filter System just before the day this Polarpro system came out! I have a Circular ND64PL from Polarpro and I agree with you on the quality. They produce top notch products!
currently Own ICE filters screw ons 82mm with adapter rings. Living in Northern California. Love you videos. Have been really inspired by your work flow in editing photos. Thanks a lot.
Hey Nick, Thanks for all the great content on your channel. Currently just using a Tiffen CPL up in Halifax Nova Scotia. Have been back and forth on Lee, Breakthrough, PolarPro, Gobe trying to figure out which to go with. Really like the PolarPro, noticed them in your video's for a while now and thanks for the review.
I'm glad you got your hands on these, Nick! I did some pre-release content about these filters, and when I met with the PolarPro team I mentioned that they should hit up you and Thomas Heaton. (I just happened to live 5 minutes away from their HQ in SoCal) I"m not sure if they were already planning to do so, but if not, you're welcome!
I stopped using GND filters many years ago, too, as a Nikon/Sony shooter mostly. However, like you, I found it easy to put them to good use, especially when shooting things like timelapses where exposure blending isn't an option. No matter how much DR your camera has, you can always use ~2 EVs more if you're stuck timelapse-ing a sunset with a really shadowy foreground.
I was especially excited for this system because it came out at the exact same time as two new mirrorless lenses which accepted standard 82mm filters at focal lengths which had been previously only available on fixed-hood ultra-wides. Since I don't use GNDs normally, I've never been a fan of those enormous clamp-on filter systems that you can get for the 14-24mm f/2.8 or 12-24mm f/4 lenses out there.
(This PolarPro Summit system is a 105mm filter system; those gigantic clamp-on filter systems are 150mm!)
BTW, for those who are wondering:
On the Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8 L, you can shoot at 16mm with all filters and no vignetting. You do see a few pixels worth of vignetting along a left or right edge at 15mm, but it crops out easily and you're left with a 15.5mm or 16mm FOV.
On the Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4 S, you can actually shoot at 15mm with all filters and no vignetting! And, at 14mm, again you do see a faint bit of vignetting, but you could crop it and still get 14.5mm or 15mm FOV.
(I tested this myself, with a final production Summit Kit.)
I have no way of knowing for sure, but I bet if Sony (Or Sigma, or Tokina/Tamron) ever tries to compete with Nikon's 14-30mm f/4, and makes a 15-35mm f/4 or a 14-30mm f/4 that accepts 82mm filters, I suspect you'd get a similar result from the Summit kit: no vignetting at ~1mm in from the widest end. Or, maybe Sony's next GM ultra-wide will replace the 16-35 2.8 GM with a 15-35 2.8 GM, to compete instead with Canon FF mirrorless.
We'll see what the future holds! All I can say is, if you do use square/GND filters a lot, this is the new champion.
From Indiana. I currently have one Breakthrough photography 10stop filter. In the process of building a good system, but as always, beer budget on a wine appetite. I have an old cokin holder and a couple of their gnd's but they are cheap and definitely get no use now. On the lookout for a good polarizer and a 6stop nd. That should get me where I need to be for most things landscape. Love the content and REALLY appreciate the no BS, non sponsored, reviews. REFRESHING!! Looking forward to the project the F4 group is working on. Dig all of you guys and between the 4/5 of you, I've learned/been entertained a lot. Congrats on taking the vows!!
Hi Nick. Congrats newly wed! I'm from Brisbane, Australia and currently using the V6 Nisi filter system. Started landscape photography a year ago so these are the only filters I've ever used but I do enjoy them, I love a good long expo shot. Cheers
I currently don't own any filters except for a UV filter for my 55mm lens. I'm living in London. I plan on visiting Oregon next summer, so hopefully I'll be able to attend one of your workshops when I'm there. Keep up the great unbiased and truthful reviews/videos!
First of all congrats to you and your wife for tying the knot! Big fan I’ve been following you on TH-cam back when you had only 30,000 followers. And hung out with you and your Son at Cape Disappointment during a high surf event a little over a year ago. Since then I’ve traded in all my Nikon equipment and replaced it all with Sony, I own a Shimoda bag, several tripods. I’ve even bought a pop up camper. All because I love adventure photography and your TH-cam channel. I’d very much appreciate a shot at enjoy these filters for my future photography adventures. Canby Oregon
Hey Nick. Great to see another great video. I currently use a Nisi holder and filters for landscape. I love to have this beautiful kit in my bag so I can retire my Nisi kit. get the filters or not, I always love watching your videos. Also great to see you collaborating with other great photographers like Thomas Heaton (One of my absolute favorites). Keep up the good work. Creators like you are changing the entire landscape of entertainment.
Looks like a nice system. I currently use very , VERY inexpensive Altura filters...would love to upgrade to this system!! Keep up the great work Nick, love your content!👊🏼
Mount Vernon Wa
Hey neighbor! Greetings from beautiful Lake Chelan. I really appreciate how you showcase our region, esp. the sage lands. I currently use Lee Filter system, but more for slowing clouds and water. Appreciate your channel and the f4 project team!
Nick Just turned 69 and I am starting all over again in photography. These would fit very nicely in my bag and greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Hi Nick! Congrats on the recent marriage! I'm getting married in Hawaii in less than 4 months! I'll be taking my Polar Pro CP/ND64 82mm filter, along with Breakthrough CPL. I have also been using the Nisi V5 Pro for the last year. Good system, just needs some updates, and the PolarPro system looks amazing, but sure is spendy! Thanks for the honest review(s) over the years. Keep up the good content! Cheers from the Moscow/Potlatch, Idaho area of the Palouse region!
Thanks for another great video Nick. I'm from Moody, Texas. I use Tiffen, Hoya and B+W screw on filters and I also have a few Sion Rectangular filters that I use with the Cokin holder.
Great review, Nick! I’m from Toronto, Canada and currently using the NiSi filter system. Really love them. Keep up the great work! 👍🏼
Hi Nick, Danny from Chicago here. I have some cheaper Tiffen screw-on filters that I purchased for my crop body kit lens and a couple primes that use the same mount size. Now that I've upgraded to full frame and 2.8 lenses, I haven't had room in the budget to purchase quality filters yet. Keep the awesome videos coming.
Great to get your opinion on this setup, I’ve been looking at it for a while, but it’s a big investment to change. I currently use the lee filter system, which are all scratched or chipped, I’ve certainly put them through their paces in Ireland. I’m in beautiful Southern Ireland. Currently been catching up with all your podcasts when I’m out walking and trying to get fit, certainly is keeping me entertained. Keep up the great work Nick 😊
This setup seems so user-friendly. Thanks for the thorough and real review - and for the giveaway. Most of my shots are landscapes around Oregon, as I’m out of Portland. I don’t currently use filters because, to be honest, they’ve always seemed so daunting. From the metal borders to the stacking, and color consistency, this one seems pretty user friendly and definitely worth using. Thanks again!
This is my first time commenting, like on anything... Regardless of the chance to obtain new filters, I just wanted to say that you've helped me progress significantly since I started watching your channel in October of 2016 when I picked up a camera after forgetting my passion for approximately 20 years of being in the corporate world. I still have much to learn, but just wanted to say, "Thank you." Oh, and I have some super color casty (is that a word?) Lee filters and am based right outside of Chicago, but am hoping to change that to the PNW by the end of the year. Take care.
Love your vids bro!!! Currently using the Lee system but researched these and thought they looked pretty sweet. From Chilliwack, Canada.
Hi from Peachtree City GA. I put my money into my Sony system and there's none left for filters. Love your work!
Enjoyed the honest review. Living in SoCal. Mostly use screw on CPL's and a couple of different ND's. After following your channel and listening to your reasoning, I have been trying my hand at exposure blending. It is a work in progress !!!
Hafa Adai from the island of Guam Nick, I am new to land scape and long exposure photography "2nd year". I am using SIOTO filters. Photography is my new hobby after switching from woodworking. I like the honesty and composition of your videos. You're always welcome to come this way.
From Sunny South Florida, in the heart of the Everglades. I've been looking at these filters for a while and don't mind the bulkiness. I have been using Hoya and other low-brand screw-in filters and need an upgrade to graduated filters. Thank you. Love your channel and what you did to your truck!
Hey Nick, Checking in from just west of Boise, ID! I've been using the Lee 100 System for the last year or so. I've always tried to get the exposure right in the can, so to speak, and that still stems from starting photography in film. I've been back an forth on over the years between the thread on style, and the graduated ND's. Congratulations to you and your wife, so exciting for you! Cheers!
I got a Kase Wolverine magnetic polarizer as a gift. I really like it. I really like your advice about graduated filters, but it has made me a bit of a snob when I see pics/videos with dark mountain tops. Thanks for the great instruction. Love your work. Sean, from Wisconsin
Hey Nick, I appreciate your honest review and recommendations. I enjoy your channel and I am already a subscriber. I’m from Michigan. I have just upgraded to a full frame camera which is really awesome, so I don’t have any filters yet.
I currently use Lee filters and I’m from Good Ol Rocky Top Tennessee. Have a great day and thanks for all you do
Hi Nick.I enjoyed your thoughtful and honest appraisal of these filters. I live in the UK and use Lee filters: Polariser, NDs, and Graduated ND's, which I have had for approximately 17 years, so they are rather worn. I must say the Polarpro Summit filters you tested sound very good quality indeed and I personally would love to win them, especially as they are glass. Apart from my glass polariser my other filters are resin, so it would be a massive upgrade for me.
Great information, Nick. Thanks for taking the time to share it. I am just starting my adventure into landscape photography but in the past have been using some "el Cheapo" variable ND filters... nice green cast to the images :)
On a side note, you are a big reason I have been getting so excited about landscape; from the coast to mountains. I still haven't nailed a shot that I am super happy with but, getting closer. The journey continues. Cheers from an Aussie living in Japan!
Hi Nick. Congratulations on your bride,she looks like a keeper and best wishes to you both. I'm currently using a QuartzLine filter.That Polarpro filters system surely looks sweet and I do believe they would fit quite nicely in my backpack.
Nick! What a generous offer mate! I'm from Sydney Australia, generally coastlines/seascapes are my favorite things to photograph :) Currently the only filter I have is a NiSi 150mm CPL (used for 12-24mm lenses). I sold off my ultra ultra wide angle and have to hand hold the thing when shooting with my 16-35 or 100-400!! Still yet to splash out on a new system that actually screws onto my gear haha. Anyway, keep doin ya thing mate. You've been killing it recently!
Hey, Switzerland calling :) Thank you for your honest and informative views. Always fun to watch. Keep up the good work, but keep in mind, we’re all still here if you ever need a break. I am using a b&h screw-on big stopper. Find it fiddly not to touch focus or zoom while putting on the filter. I am in the market for bulky filters that would also go on my Nikon 14-24 without braking the bank. Maybe their upcoming frame will use the same filters :)
Recently, I've used the breakthrough brand ones. I love how little the color cast is. Congratulations on the wedding, bud.
Using a very generic brand of filter I bought from Amazon. All I could afford. I would love to have these filters as part of my collection as I go around my home of Utah to take pictures. Thanks for all the great videos and insight you have given me. I really appreciate you sharing your talent.
Learning photography at the moment and use a mis-mash of several different brands of thread on filters. From northern NJ. Thanks for you vids Nick, always a good day when you post.
excellent and informative review but omg....Nick Page and grad filters in the same sentence!
Keep up with the great work Nick.
Great video Nick, I too use the circle thread filters from Breakthrough. I don't need the filters and I think its awesome that you're giving your review products away...
I currently use Polarpro and Gobe ND+CPL. Thank for the review, this is a system, it's one that I've been looking at from the last few months. This review was helpful. I'm currently living in Washington DC.
So you finally understand the use case for the grad ND. And frankly, with the soft grads, you can get away with some overlap. It's all in how you use it. You just as you said, don't want to overuse or over darken.Great Video Nick!
Was really cool to see you use these filters in Hawaii, I was kinda surprised to see you use a filter at all. I am currently using the LEE 100 system. I am always looking to add more weight to my bag(only exercise I get is packing my 30pound bag everywhere) I really like the big bulky systems cause they are fiddly and it slows me down:). From Vancouver, Canada.
Hi Nick, Nice review of filters and I too share your concern of having to fit the system in a travel bag. I currently use Lee filters but there is occasional color cast, that comes into play. Congratulations on your Wedding!!
I am from Israel and have recently started landscape photography. I haven't got any filters at present. I love your videos and follow your adventures.
Great review. I really appreciate your candor when it comes to your reviews of photography equipment. I currently use Cokin filters out here in Port Orchard, WA.
Hey Nick I currently use a Lee filter system and I live in the midcoast maine. Love your Vlog keep up the good work.
Hey NIck! I'm from Navarre, along the Florida panhandle and I've been using the NiSi Filter system for a while and a few are due to be replaced due to a very slight chip in the side. I'm a bit clumsy at times. Love your work and videos. Please keep them coming.
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Hi Nick , Thanks for your honest views as always , i use Nisi grads + holder and lee ND's , i have one Polar pro Nd when i saw this released was blown away even more so when i saw the price , Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your videos , from the UK .
Hi Nick, I use Lee filters, loving your content, find your vlogs are absolutely awesome. They have helped me so much here in England. Only been doing photography for just over a year now and it's changed my life. Keep up the great work. 👍🏻
Appreciate the honest review. Currently aren't using any filters. Santa didn't think I was good enough last year. I'm near Toronto Canada.
Hi Nick. Thanks for all your videos. I'm currently using Hoya screw-ins on my Nikon.
Nice video Nick. Glenn from rainy Wales checking in! I'm what you might call 'between filter systems' right now, on account of trading in all my Nikon gear for shiny new Fuji kit. I'm with you all the way on grads - I don't like them much, but they have their place. Love the videos, keep them coming. Can't wait to see what you've been getting up to with that bunch of reprobates you've been sharing a caravan with!
Currently using NISI filters here in the cultural armpit of the country, Iowa.
Love the idea of having a frame around the filter to keep the fingerprints off the glass!
I’m a noob from Idaho been at this hobby for 2 years and finally upgrading some gear from the basics, ie nikon d3400 going to a Nikon d810 hopefully here soon. I use a mixture of Newegg and lee filters. Newegg because a couple of my lenses I bought used came with them. Love your stuff and look forward to more videos. Cheers Nick!
Hello from Slovenia. Thank you for your honest review.
I use Lee soft NDG and Lee big stopper with Haida M10 filter holder plus CPL
Hey Nick! I’m currently using a PolarPro ND1000 and that’s the only one I have. Loving your videos!
Great review Nick, as usual:) I'm from Prague, Czech Republic and I use various circular screw-on filters.
Currently using circular polarizer Polaroid in Vancouver BC but would love to use yours! Love your videos, congrats on wedding and Hawaii ❤️
I have several round filters that consist of Tiffen, Hoya & BW. I'm an old school guy who purchased the old Cokin resin filters probably thirty years ago that came in the funky tobacco, grey & orange colors.They scratched very easily & I gave them away years ago. I've been interested in the new filter systems, but they are pretty pricey, and so many to choose from. Thanks for the great review from Coeur d Alene Idaho.
I am from Massachusetts. I used to use Lee. I am having a trip to Patagonia, Argentina 🇦🇷 this April and love to have filters on my trip :) thank you for the video.
Nisi Filters. Oregon. Thanks for all your great videos.
Hi Nick, based in Australia, not much options for filters here. Been using the NiSi system for about a year now. Love your review vids. Your bad reviews have been super helpful
Nick- great honest review! Currently have cheap Hoya filters, so cheap I don’t use them as often as I need. Send those bad boys to me in Missouri
Hey Nick, Love your channel! I am in Portland Oregon and I currently use Tiffen circular filters. They are okay but I would love to have some high quality filters. Keep up the great work and congratulations on getting married!
Greetings, Nick! I currently have no filters but I’ve experimented with Lee in the past. I’m currently stationed in Japan, so getting to try PolarPro in person is very hard. This looks like a great filter system. Keep up the great work, brother!
Always enjoy your stuff, whether gear or more particularly on a shoot. Using cheapo Zomei filters here in Scotland
Lord Page! Watching from nearby in central Washington. Just getting in to using some cheap Amazon ND filters, but have been using MeFoto circular polarizers for some time now. Thanks for all the excellent content.
Hey dude, writing from Albany Oregon. I use a Hoya 10 stop ND. Love the channel, keep up the great work. I was using my best "Nick Moves" this morning on the Oregon Coast.
Thanks for the opportunity! I currently have no filters at all, but would love to have a polarizer for my landscape photography. Greetings from the North Ossetia-Alania!
Currently using Breakthrough screw on filters both polarising and ND, and couldn’t be happier. These are among the best I ever had.
Hello Nick, I have watched your videos for ever it seems. I currently don't have a filter system other than cheap ones that are affordable for a teacher to buy. I am a full-time teacher in public education and a part-time semi-professional photographer that lives on a tight budget. Thanks for all of the honest videos and the opportunity to have a chance to get a filter system.
Aloha, thanks for the great vids! I currently use the NISI filter which is similar but the polar pro's look so much more awesome!
Currently use Nikon L37c filters on my vintage primes I bought in the '80s. On my new system I got the Hoya Filter Kit (UV(c), Polarizer & NDx8 filters for about $55. Hoya has been around a long time and I really like them as they are a good bag for the buck deal. I have been looking at the Cokin 100mm system, but I had them in the '80s and they were plastic filters back then and wasn't impressed. I'm from California, but now live in Germany. Keep up the great vids. Also, tell Gavin "never turn your back on the ocean."
Hi Nick, I'm another Lee user but these do look great. Congrats on getting hitched and keep up the excellent content!
I have always and still currently use really cheap Hoya filters, I can't really say if they are any good because I have nothing to compare them too.
You always manage to teach me something and you always inspire me.
Keep up the amazing work, much love from the South-east of England 👍
Aloha Nick, hobby photographer from Colorado here. Currently using a mix match set of Lee and singh-ray. Would love to try out these. Keep up the great work. Love the content.
Definitely appreciate the straight up review! I currently only have a CPL up here in Vancouver Canada!
Im currently using b+w and hoya polorizers..been looking at the lee system and havnt had the $$ to switch as of yet..new york here! Great videos...keep up the good work!
Nick, I've been following you channel for quite a while now. I enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from your tutorials. I currently use b+w screw on filters and have never used this type of large slide in type filters system. sounds like the optics are premium grade. Thanx for your videos'. Todd in Hokkaido, Japan.
Hi Nick....enjoyed the honest review of the Polar Pro system. I would love to have these in my photographic arsenal, since, as a retiree, have never been able to afford these expensive drop in filter systems. Instead, have been primarily using B+W and Hoya screw on filters for many yrs. Currently living in Aiken, S.C. but love seeing all of your Or. coastal videos, since I once lived in Portland. Would mostly use the Polar Pro filter system when I could just pull up to whatever subject I intended to photograph, lending itself to working out of my car, where weight and size are not as big a factor. As an avid hiker, where, as you know, size and weight constraints really matter, I would continue to use only the screw on filters while hiking any distance. Always look fwd to your next video.
That’s an honest review from one using circular thread-on filters. Thank you Nick