I haven't used a filter for almost two years. No big reason why, I think I just forgot. (I am so focused on improving my composition and nailing all of the technical exposure stuff that I forget to do other things sometimes.) I will say, taking black and white photos of people with a red filter is one of my favorite things to do. On my Canon DSLR, there is an electronic red filter that I use a lot. (I even have a preset black and white with the red filter and the exposure knocked down a step or two. Everyone looks like they're on the cover of a Norwegian black metal album.) But there's no electronic equivalent for most filters.
I have the magnet ND set, and I love them. Thanks for making the video - you’ve helped me understand how to use them better. Now just wish K&F would expand the magnetic line to include some things like the diffusion filter.
What an amazing video not just for your channel, but I would imagine K&F gonna get some good sales from this!! well done brother. I honestly would've never bought a filter from these guys, but I'm kind of impressed.
Ive been using a UV filter too and ive learned that in natrual to low light situations there is little to no change at all but when it comes to a bright sun or stadium lights it adds more glare and acctualy affects your photos
YES! This is an issue with pretty much any filter. An extra layer of glass has the potential to alter the flare resistance of your lens. It's not specific to UV filters.
When I started photography about a year ago, I was eager to find the best filter to protect my RF 70-200 and 85mm f/1.2 lenses. After purchasing filters from three top-tier brands, I can honestly say that UV filters are disappointing and do, in fact, reduce image quality. One brand’s filter reduced sharpness, another didn’t affect sharpness but slightly altered the colors, and the third both reduced sharpness and altered colors. Frustrated, I sold all the filters and have since been using my lenses with just the hood for protection. I haven’t had a single scratch on the lenses and couldn’t be happier with my decision. If you’re worried about damaging your lenses, consider skipping the filters and putting that money toward insurance-it’s only about $80 a year!
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Never had a K&F filter, but they make super solid tripods. Gonna their filters.
Haven't used a lens filter in 20 years of pro photography... 0 scratches on any lenses. I always use the lens hood that's included. Saves money, potentially improves IQ, and doesn't degrade IQ like filters.
In terms of protecting your camera lenses no the lenses are now nano coated. You don't need to put clear filters over them. The other thing they do is attract fungus because they create an air pocket between the filter and the front element of the lens so some of them are not particularly great at weather sealing either.....
@AnthonyGugliotta lens hood and lens caps 👌 I'm a professional landscape photographer in Australia and all of my GFX lenses are scratch free ...hood and lens caps a must! I come up with a system also to keep my lens caps clean
I was a pola user when kid and then i wasn’t, now I kind of hate the color shift on the polas, I just use them to remove the glass reflections for specific shots, I really try to never use it but: ND’S of course we need them specially when they are Neutral Density that means that there is no color shift, if an ND color shifts your image then that ND is not a good ND, switch it!, and depending on the shot you will need some fx mist effect specially if you need to see the image more cinematic, for that the Black pro-mist series are ok but go light like 1/4 is fine and that is it. Filters make reflections pop, if you are shooting cars or night shots, and you use filters you will see a lot of ghosts, and you don’t want ghosts, so the intelligent way of using filters is to know all the problems that come with them and use them just when you really need them There is another interesting series of filters, when you have strong contrast you might use a low contrast filter and that way you will introduce lights on shadows, don’t over use it but some times is a great filter to have.
I bought a cheap set of lens filters after seeing your short about the Clear UV filter being additional protection for my lens, haven't taken it off since, and occasionally wipe it Thanks for the tip IDK if it's just the kit I bought or if it's like that, but the circular polarizer that came with it makes my subject blurred out and with a halo/light rays Makes for creative pictures of object in light but bad for group photographs or portraits of people near windows or in front of stores Probably gonna get a K&F set after I get a telephoto lens I got the R50 at the start of the year as a birthday present to myself after watching videos about it like yours Love the quick tip shorts you put out, they've made me think about my compositions more
Hmmm. Circular Polarizers shouldn't do that. Not sure what the problem is, but I've never been disappointed by the K&F ones I've tried! ☺️ Hope you're enjoying the R50!
@AnthonyGugliotta I love the R50, and my bosses and co-workers are happy with the pictures I take of them during our company events. Recently got an 18-150mm, cause I take a lot of group photos, but I've found myself needing more zoom than what my 18-45mm can offer, mostly for when I have to take a photo of a speaker on stage or someone accepting an award.
I started thinking about lens filters protecting my camera lens when watching cooking videos. I started to wonder about the food/grease splatter on their lenses. I decided to research filters then and for me I decided they are a good investment. If Zeiss, the creator of the famous lenses recommends filters to protect their camera lenses that is enough for me. Now to pick quality.
I only put a clear B+W 007 on the front if im in crazy scenarios (something like your helicopter) or high chance for getting something hitting the lens.
It all really depnds. You get bad filters that will degrade your photo, A cheap filter (nd og cpl ) will give you the infamous X and give color cast :)
I haven't used a filter in my life Because I started photography 1 year ago Only with one lens and camera Canon 400D that takes great pictures Why don't you buy your first camera again and make a video on it😊
Is it me or you gave the ND vs Aperture argument backward. One put the ND on to lower the aperture (f stop), not to increase it. So with the ND one you can open the aperture if you are going after that kind of blur without overexposing. After the ND is also used to lower shutter speed like to get water blur in a waterfall. Anyhow I listened to your argument about the ND allowing you tu use f16 instead of f2.8 (at about 10:00 in the video) and that just seem backward.
In this case I need it all. Even at f16 and ISO 100 because I want to do a 1 to 3 second long exposure for motion blur my image will be slightly overexposed, so I need a few stops of ND to bring it back. Or let's say I wanted to do a 30-second exposure I would need even more ND or possibly a stronger fixed ND filter.
The beginning of the video makes it pretty clear that this was sponsored. I said it, and it was on-screen and it's also listed in the metadata on TH-cam, if me posting 1 sponsored video among the 30 other non-sponsored videos I shared in the last month, feel free to unsubscribe.
Just so you know beforeIgo...I watched your videos all the time but the cover image on this video of you holding the lens filter in one hand and a knife in the other has made me rethink following you. I find this to be TOTALLY unnecessary for you to be holding the knife in this click bait ridiculous image. Whatever respect I had for you as a creator and photographer has gone. Unfollow, Unsubscribe, Don’t recommend this Channel and all of the above.!!!!!! Very disappointed!!!!
✨K&F Concept is doing a giveaway! ✨ Check out the full details linked in the description for how you can win some lens filters for yourself!
Please compare Fujifilm GFX100 ii and hasselblad X2D 100C please 😊🥺🥺🥺😊😊
And thanks for making this type of informative and lovely content
I haven't used a filter for almost two years. No big reason why, I think I just forgot. (I am so focused on improving my composition and nailing all of the technical exposure stuff that I forget to do other things sometimes.)
I will say, taking black and white photos of people with a red filter is one of my favorite things to do. On my Canon DSLR, there is an electronic red filter that I use a lot. (I even have a preset black and white with the red filter and the exposure knocked down a step or two. Everyone looks like they're on the cover of a Norwegian black metal album.) But there's no electronic equivalent for most filters.
Which red filter do you use, if you don’t mind me asking.
11:29 golden hour looks good
I have the magnet ND set, and I love them. Thanks for making the video - you’ve helped me understand how to use them better. Now just wish K&F would expand the magnetic line to include some things like the diffusion filter.
It sounds like you need a pop filter
Fr
100%
Funny guy
@@AnthonyGugliotta Make more videos with the Fujifilm x100vi
@@masondavid8398 More Fuji content sooooon!
What an amazing video not just for your channel, but I would imagine K&F gonna get some good sales from this!! well done brother. I honestly would've never bought a filter from these guys, but I'm kind of impressed.
Thanks Vic! 😉
Ive been using a UV filter too and ive learned that in natrual to low light situations there is little to no change at all but when it comes to a bright sun or stadium lights it adds more glare and acctualy affects your photos
YES! This is an issue with pretty much any filter. An extra layer of glass has the potential to alter the flare resistance of your lens. It's not specific to UV filters.
How do you adjust the magnetic VND?
Anthony, is it worth the upgrade from the Canon 700D to R8?
I really want to know your opinion😁
When I started photography about a year ago, I was eager to find the best filter to protect my RF 70-200 and 85mm f/1.2 lenses. After purchasing filters from three top-tier brands, I can honestly say that UV filters are disappointing and do, in fact, reduce image quality.
One brand’s filter reduced sharpness, another didn’t affect sharpness but slightly altered the colors, and the third both reduced sharpness and altered colors. Frustrated, I sold all the filters and have since been using my lenses with just the hood for protection. I haven’t had a single scratch on the lenses and couldn’t be happier with my decision.
If you’re worried about damaging your lenses, consider skipping the filters and putting that money toward insurance-it’s only about $80 a year!
Never had a K&F filter, but they make super solid tripods. Gonna their filters.
Incredible value for the $$
Haven't used a lens filter in 20 years of pro photography... 0 scratches on any lenses. I always use the lens hood that's included. Saves money, potentially improves IQ, and doesn't degrade IQ like filters.
Did you check out the sample photos I shared for the UV filter test?
In terms of protecting your camera lenses no the lenses are now nano coated. You don't need to put clear filters over them. The other thing they do is attract fungus because they create an air pocket between the filter and the front element of the lens so some of them are not particularly great at weather sealing either.....
That is an argument agains using a clear or UV filter to protect the lens, not filters in general. CPL and ND have important uses.
Tell that to my scratched 24-70mm, I think it missed the memo on nano coatings 😂
@AnthonyGugliotta lens hood and lens caps 👌
I'm a professional landscape photographer in Australia and all of my GFX lenses are scratch free ...hood and lens caps a must!
I come up with a system also to keep my lens caps clean
@MrMartin246 agree CPL for images 100%
Excellent video, thank you for the extremely valuable content 🙌🙌
I was a pola user when kid and then i wasn’t, now I kind of hate the color shift on the polas, I just use them to remove the glass reflections for specific shots, I really try to never use it but: ND’S of course we need them specially when they are Neutral Density that means that there is no color shift, if an ND color shifts your image then that ND is not a good ND, switch it!, and depending on the shot you will need some fx mist effect specially if you need to see the image more cinematic, for that the Black pro-mist series are ok but go light like 1/4 is fine and that is it.
Filters make reflections pop, if you are shooting cars or night shots, and you use filters you will see a lot of ghosts, and you don’t want ghosts, so the intelligent way of using filters is to know all the problems that come with them and use them just when you really need them
There is another interesting series of filters, when you have strong contrast you might use a low contrast filter and that way you will introduce lights on shadows, don’t over use it but some times is a great filter to have.
I bought a cheap set of lens filters after seeing your short about the Clear UV filter being additional protection for my lens, haven't taken it off since, and occasionally wipe it
Thanks for the tip
IDK if it's just the kit I bought or if it's like that, but the circular polarizer that came with it makes my subject blurred out and with a halo/light rays
Makes for creative pictures of object in light but bad for group photographs or portraits of people near windows or in front of stores
Probably gonna get a K&F set after I get a telephoto lens
I got the R50 at the start of the year as a birthday present to myself after watching videos about it like yours
Love the quick tip shorts you put out, they've made me think about my compositions more
Hmmm. Circular Polarizers shouldn't do that. Not sure what the problem is, but I've never been disappointed by the K&F ones I've tried! ☺️ Hope you're enjoying the R50!
@AnthonyGugliotta I love the R50, and my bosses and co-workers are happy with the pictures I take of them during our company events. Recently got an 18-150mm, cause I take a lot of group photos, but I've found myself needing more zoom than what my 18-45mm can offer, mostly for when I have to take a photo of a speaker on stage or someone accepting an award.
I started thinking about lens filters protecting my camera lens when watching cooking videos. I started to wonder about the food/grease splatter on their lenses.
I decided to research filters then and for me I decided they are a good investment. If Zeiss, the creator of the famous lenses recommends filters to protect their camera lenses that is enough for me.
Now to pick quality.
Pretty helpful!
I only put a clear B+W 007 on the front if im in crazy scenarios (something like your helicopter) or high chance for getting something hitting the lens.
Better to be safe than sorry. I have a scratch on my 24-70mm that I regret because there was one time I didn't have a protection filter 😌
It all really depnds. You get bad filters that will degrade your photo, A cheap filter (nd og cpl ) will give you the infamous X and give color cast :)
love the vid very helpful!
☺️ glad you enjoyed it!
I haven't used a filter in my life
Because I started photography 1 year ago
Only with one lens and camera
Canon 400D that takes great pictures
Why don't you buy your first camera again and make a video on it😊
Today may be the best time to start 😉
Good info
Bro read my mind i was literally just looking for a cpl filter
Is it me or you gave the ND vs Aperture argument backward. One put the ND on to lower the aperture (f stop), not to increase it. So with the ND one you can open the aperture if you are going after that kind of blur without overexposing. After the ND is also used to lower shutter speed like to get water blur in a waterfall. Anyhow I listened to your argument about the ND allowing you tu use f16 instead of f2.8 (at about 10:00 in the video) and that just seem backward.
In this case I need it all. Even at f16 and ISO 100 because I want to do a 1 to 3 second long exposure for motion blur my image will be slightly overexposed, so I need a few stops of ND to bring it back. Or let's say I wanted to do a 30-second exposure I would need even more ND or possibly a stronger fixed ND filter.
@@AnthonyGugliotta got you.
Early Gang 😄😄
10k like he will buy me a camera
No chance
😂
This was nothing but a commercial.
The beginning of the video makes it pretty clear that this was sponsored. I said it, and it was on-screen and it's also listed in the metadata on TH-cam, if me posting 1 sponsored video among the 30 other non-sponsored videos I shared in the last month, feel free to unsubscribe.
James, Anthony declared the interest at the start. How many shows on TV do you watch and love that don’t? Gimme a break.
Just so you know beforeIgo...I watched your videos all the time but the cover image on this video of you holding the lens filter in one hand and a knife in the other has made me rethink following you. I find this to be TOTALLY unnecessary for you to be holding the knife in this click bait ridiculous image. Whatever respect I had for you as a creator and photographer has gone. Unfollow, Unsubscribe, Don’t recommend this Channel and all of the above.!!!!!! Very disappointed!!!!
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