This has been a long time coming! Bloom filters by Mr Bloom - it’s too perfect 😅 Snapped up the 82mm 1/8 and 1/4 filters. As someone who shoots at night in Tokyo frequently, I can’t emphasize how much of a difference diffusion filters make. Can’t wait to try them mate and congrats 🍻
Thanks Chris. Really appreciate it. Congrats on the runaway success of your book. I’ve heard the movie rights have already been snapped up and Harry Styles is in talks to play you. True of false? 😵💫😁
This is fabulous! Philip has tirelessly worked with us to perfect & design this incredible filter. No area has been left unchecked & Philip has rigorously tested every aspect to ensure the upmost quality of standard. We are really very proud to share his spectacular creation with such a talented professional. All sizes are now available to purchase either now or on back order. Reading all your fabulous comments, we see there are some more desirable sizes & forms, which we would love to explore further.
Congratulations on this excellent product seeing the light of day, Mr. Bloom! A 95mm size is very desirable for the darling of the people, the Sony 28-135G. Pleeease))
‘Twas a pleasure meeting you at the Wales and west photo show where you gave myself and a small group a demo of these, I bought the 1/8 and 1/4 and can attest that the results are beautiful. Having used Formatt Hitech for a number of years i knew these would certainly be excellent!
I'm sold. Purchased 1/8th for 82mm. Many years ago when I worked at a production house (I was an editor) our commercial directors shooting 35mm could be found in upmarket clothing stores looking through stretched silk stockings to make their own diffusion filters because they didn't like the Tiffen filters then available to them.
Amazing! Buying one right now! I do use them all the time but nothing that wow me as you mentioned on your video. And what a better opportunity to support someone you truly admire! Thanks for helping us to help you!
I just received a set of 77mm & 82mm 1/8 Bloom Gold. They look amazing and the quality looks top notch. The price was budget friendly for such a high quality filter. Can't wait to get out tomorrow and test them. Thank you sir.
Brilliant Phillip! Thank you for doing this, It's just what I've wanted for nearly 2 decades. 55mm would be handy for some lenses I use on a 4K pocket cinema and M4/3" cameras.
@Philip, have you been able to compare these to the "Black Pro Mist" variety of diffusion? I'd be curious to know if these have comparable strength values when compared directly to other diffusion brands. We have 1/8 strength BPM filters that live on all our lenses for television production here in Hollywood, but I like the idea of having the added "gold warmth" as an option for our outdoor filming. I particularly loved the highlight contrast and subtle warm tinting in the sky shots you took. Thanks for the professional and thorough insights in your review. Cheers
Hi Jared, the strengths are indeed comparable. Much less loss of contrast. My filters aren’t just for outdoor but for indoor, night etc. The subtle warm halation is lovely and those good particles help maintain the contrast more.
I nabbed one of the early ones at a recent trade show and I've been really liking the effect of it. I went with the 1/4 because my primary use is inside my office and that seems like the right strength for that room. The added bling is a welcome improvement to my dull black camera setup 😄 Nice bonus being made in Wales too.
Very excited to try these! Thanks for all the great, objective, valuable content, and for creating these. Always a treat when a new product comes out that is a no-brainer to use!
I will definitely buy this one from Philip! After I broke my 1/8 Promist, that lived on my lenses all the time I tried to find something to replace it. I think I found it. Thank you mr. Philip! PS. I tried million ways to reproduce diffusion effect in post, and it looks like you cannot fully make the same look. DaVinci's diffusion+halation can make a pretty good job if you will spend a bit of time with tuning it. But recently i saw the Scatter plugin for DaVinci. To my eyes they getting pretty close to the look of real diffusion filters
I’ll be grabbing one of these. I tend to use the black mist, but I purchased the 1/4 strength which is just a little bit ott on my 70-200 plus 1.4 ext fully zoomed, so it tends to stay on my 50mm
I will be ordering a set of these filters as I know the quality will be there as Philip is involved in the design . Also I was expecting a high price for each of these but am extremely pleased to see they are not. Thanks Philip.
This is exciting! They look fantastic. I’d love to see how the Bloom Gold filters compare to the competition, particularly my beloved Tiffen Black Pro-mist 1/8.
Want 2 sets of the 1/8 and 1/4 as we have 2 cameras filming at same time. These look great. All of our ND filters are Formatt-Hitech. So already know they're great quality filters.
They had to be affordable and competitive. Nobody should be paying more because it’s a branded product, the value should always be in the product itself! :)
These look so good! I would love it if you could make them for the mavic 3 or mavic 3 pro drones. I can only imagine how nice of a look it could give to night time drone video
This is an area we have been considering but Philip is absolutely correct! It`s difficult to keep up with the ever changing interface, we do offer ND`s for the inspire series which have been & are being used on some incredible productions...maybe Bloom Gold could take to the skies there?!
Quick question... Would you put a VND on the lenses first, then this filter, or would you put the mist filter on first then VND on top? (I assume Mist would be last one to go on, but want to check!)
I started experimenting with diffusion after watching you discuss them previously; I love them. I tried to purchase but the website is not functioning properly right now.
That settles it. Gonna have to purchase the 72mm and 82mm very soon. Thanks for the suggested video for me to watch, and the detailed explanation you provided. BTW, the gold color really pops! Again, BIG THANKS. 🥃
Cool, do these filters give off the green reflection when it's a light source behind the subject? Almost all circular filters I have used have this drawback accepted for 2 that I currently own. You can test by aiming the bloom filter center at a window while on camera lens. Then move it lens left, right, up and down. The window will be reflected like double vision but in green onto the bloom filter. If your an interview person this is no big deal. I had to do a docu style story in a building apartment while following the subject every time a light source was in the back bloom filters would reflect it as a green cast. To combat this I needed a mattebox and offangle the filters.
@@philipbloom thanks for the reply Philip! You are the best. Maybe you can please help me? I have a Tamron 17-28mm f2.8 and have tried several variable ND filters and at 17mm, I get odd vignetting at 17mm so I’m looking at a larger ND filter with step up ring. Do you recommend 72mm, 77mm or larger? Thank you so much
@@Colorado4x4 17mm can be tricky. If you can get a think step up from your lens to 82mm then you should be ok. You will probably get a little vignetting using my filter and variable ND together at 17mm.
95mm as a Canon Shooter would be so good. There is not much out there either. Either way though, Congrats Philip. Can't wait to test these wonderful Filters soon.
@@philipbloom I meant that they also sell supermist filters and I was looking to buy a mist type dif filter as well, and if you would also recommend them alongside your bloom as a purchase.
@@vladbobe26 use this. Lower the contrast in post if you want and get a stronger strength if you want more. They both do the same thing in essence. As I said I’ve not really like any other diffusion filters that much, too much of an effect filter. Once you go past 1/8 this becomes more like one.
Until we can make a colour tint free VND then that won’t happen. Please see my VND video about this. :) I stacked both for most of these shots using the NISI one which is good but polarisers at the same time.
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This has been a long time coming! Bloom filters by Mr Bloom - it’s too perfect 😅
Snapped up the 82mm 1/8 and 1/4 filters. As someone who shoots at night in Tokyo frequently, I can’t emphasize how much of a difference diffusion filters make. Can’t wait to try them mate and congrats 🍻
Thanks Chris. Really appreciate it. Congrats on the runaway success of your book. I’ve heard the movie rights have already been snapped up and Harry Styles is in talks to play you.
True of false? 😵💫😁
I won’t accept anything less than a digitally de-aged Tom Cruise 😎
@@ThisIsNotWhatItLooksLik nope. Grew up in same town and same school.
@@ThisIsNotWhatItLooksLik Chris makes a cameo at the end of the my A7siii review.
@@ThisIsNotWhatItLooksLik there’s no video like that. I left school in 1989, there was nothing about video or film there. Purely academic.
In addition to being high quality glass, Bloom is a last name tailor-made for diffusion filters. 😊
I was thinking the same thing! 📸 ✨
Perfect pairing! 👌
When Mr. Bloom speaks, we listen.
This is fabulous! Philip has tirelessly worked with us to perfect & design this incredible filter. No area has been left unchecked & Philip has rigorously tested every aspect to ensure the upmost quality of standard. We are really very proud to share his spectacular creation with such a talented professional.
All sizes are now available to purchase either now or on back order.
Reading all your fabulous comments, we see there are some more desirable sizes & forms, which we would love to explore further.
anything written with your name, for sure we will buy 😊 because you are our trusty friend teaching us everytime.
Thank you!
What a day what a treat, Philip brings his kitties to the Gold Filter meet.
Wow these look awesome!
U made me spend money just now… really excited for these filters!
“Super easy, barely an inconvenience!” 😂 somebody has been watching too many Pitch Meetings
The crossover episode we didn’t know we needed.
Can't go wrong with anything Phillip Bloom has his expertise on. #legend
Congratulations on this excellent product seeing the light of day, Mr. Bloom!
A 95mm size is very desirable for the darling of the people, the Sony 28-135G. Pleeease))
‘Twas a pleasure meeting you at the Wales and west photo show where you gave myself and a small group a demo of these, I bought the 1/8 and 1/4 and can attest that the results are beautiful. Having used Formatt Hitech for a number of years i knew these would certainly be excellent!
Thank you for making these available for anyone. I really appreciate all your hard work and hunt for perfection! 💯
Cheers David!
This is so dang exciting! Gotta get my hands on some
I'm sold. Purchased 1/8th for 82mm. Many years ago when I worked at a production house (I was an editor) our commercial directors shooting 35mm could be found in upmarket clothing stores looking through stretched silk stockings to make their own diffusion filters because they didn't like the Tiffen filters then available to them.
These look AMAZING! I can't wait to work with them!!
Those look georgeous. Will need 3 of them sometime to up my interviews in style and quality.
Amazing! Buying one right now! I do use them all the time but nothing that wow me as you mentioned on your video. And what a better opportunity to support someone you truly admire! Thanks for helping us to help you!
We want four of these in 58mm!
Nice piece of glass Phillip... I tend to keep a 1/8 black mist on the lens for portraits to achieve a similar feel!
I just received a set of 77mm & 82mm 1/8 Bloom Gold. They look amazing and the quality looks top notch. The price was budget friendly for such a high quality filter. Can't wait to get out tomorrow and test them. Thank you sir.
Brilliant Phillip! Thank you for doing this, It's just what I've wanted for nearly 2 decades. 55mm would be handy for some lenses I use on a 4K pocket cinema and M4/3" cameras.
Congrats Sir Bloom! I’ll be ordering the 1/8, Super excited for you.
Thank you!
Super easy, barely an inconvenience. . . I see what you did there.
Bloom on Bloom. Splendid mate, that was a long tome coming. can't wait to get my hands on them.
@Philip, have you been able to compare these to the "Black Pro Mist" variety of diffusion? I'd be curious to know if these have comparable strength values when compared directly to other diffusion brands. We have 1/8 strength BPM filters that live on all our lenses for television production here in Hollywood, but I like the idea of having the added "gold warmth" as an option for our outdoor filming. I particularly loved the highlight contrast and subtle warm tinting in the sky shots you took. Thanks for the professional and thorough insights in your review. Cheers
Hi Jared, the strengths are indeed comparable. Much less loss of contrast. My filters aren’t just for outdoor but for indoor, night etc. The subtle warm halation is lovely and those good particles help maintain the contrast more.
The perfect surname for this product!
Please Phillip make these in either a 55 or 58mm! Us Fuji users with smaller lenses would be in heaven.
From a graphic designer, this is Perfection in marketing!
This comes right on the heels of me buying a K&F Concept and it having manufacturing defects. Will definitely consider these instead now.
These look fantastic! I do wish they were offered in 58mm so I could fix it to my camcorder.
I nabbed one of the early ones at a recent trade show and I've been really liking the effect of it. I went with the 1/4 because my primary use is inside my office and that seems like the right strength for that room. The added bling is a welcome improvement to my dull black camera setup 😄 Nice bonus being made in Wales too.
Your shots are master pieces. Congrats on the new filters.
Phillip, we need Bloom Gold in 4x5.65".
Thanks Phil, just ordered 1/4 & 1/8 82mm 👍🏾👍🏾
Brilliant! Thank you. I hope you love them. 😊
Very excited to try these! Thanks for all the great, objective, valuable content, and for creating these. Always a treat when a new product comes out that is a no-brainer to use!
Thanks!
Thank you!
@@philipbloom Your material is gold ☺
Congrats on the launch!
These look fantastic! Great job!
I've been using the 1/4 strength one for a good while now and it's brilliant! I also really love the gold look of the fter it's self great work
Thank you!
Look forward to purchasing your filter. Love the look. Well done. Hope we have them for the Mini 3 pro in future also.
Keep up the good work
Would be great wouldn’t it?
Wow! Exactly what I've been looking/waiting for. Onward!
congrats on the release of these filters, they look great!
Thank you!
Absolutely loving these filter, using most of the time!
I will definitely buy this one from Philip! After I broke my 1/8 Promist, that lived on my lenses all the time I tried to find something to replace it. I think I found it. Thank you mr. Philip!
PS. I tried million ways to reproduce diffusion effect in post, and it looks like you cannot fully make the same look. DaVinci's diffusion+halation can make a pretty good job if you will spend a bit of time with tuning it. But recently i saw the Scatter plugin for DaVinci. To my eyes they getting pretty close to the look of real diffusion filters
Amazing! Def. going to pick one of these up!
Absolutely brilliant!! I can't wait to get these!!
yup I'm for sure buying one!
I’ll be grabbing one of these. I tend to use the black mist, but I purchased the 1/4 strength which is just a little bit ott on my 70-200 plus 1.4 ext fully zoomed, so it tends to stay on my 50mm
I will be ordering a set of these filters as I know the quality will be there as Philip is involved in the design . Also I was expecting a high price for each of these but am extremely pleased to see they are not. Thanks Philip.
beautiful.. vintage look. I dig it.
This is gold! Well done Philip!
Congrats PB
Hope these will make their way to Southeast Asia. Will pick one up for sure.
Awesome! Any plans on a 95mm?
Looks amazing. Don't have any camera gear atm but if I did I'd try your filters out
Don't take this the wrong way but the shot of your face with and without the filter sold me.
This is exciting! They look fantastic. I’d love to see how the Bloom Gold filters compare to the competition, particularly my beloved Tiffen Black Pro-mist 1/8.
Way nicer!😊
Want 2 sets of the 1/8 and 1/4 as we have 2 cameras filming at same time. These look great. All of our ND filters are Formatt-Hitech. So already know they're great quality filters.
This is fabulous to hear thank you!
I like the look of these.
First comment! Good to see you back! Congratulations on the new products.
I'm so happy to see you expanding into your own products I'll definitely be picking some up. They look good 👍
Eyy, happy for you!
I used a UV filter and sprayed a short burst from a can of hairspray. Very similar effect.
Don't be ridiculous!
Look a great product Phil, Just wondering if Firecrest will be a bundle of the Density range
Thank you. They aren’t currently but I could ask them.
I was expecting absurd branded costs. But $140 USD for the 82mm? $87.5 for 49mm? That's doable.
But then I see the factory is in the UK?!? WOW. sold
They had to be affordable and competitive. Nobody should be paying more because it’s a branded product, the value should always be in the product itself! :)
These look so good! I would love it if you could make them for the mavic 3 or mavic 3 pro drones. I can only imagine how nice of a look it could give to night time drone video
Yeah for sure. I just don’t know if they would make them though as there is no longevity to drone filters as they keep changing the shape!
@@philipbloom That’s totally fair and understandable! If it even does happen though, I’ll be the first customer 😃
I would buy one for Mavic 3 Pro for sure!
This is an area we have been considering but Philip is absolutely correct! It`s difficult to keep up with the ever changing interface, we do offer ND`s for the inspire series which have been & are being used on some incredible productions...maybe Bloom Gold could take to the skies there?!
Quick question... Would you put a VND on the lenses first, then this filter, or would you put the mist filter on first then VND on top? (I assume Mist would be last one to go on, but want to check!)
Well done sir
Super easy, barely an inconvenience! ;)
Missed your videos, happy to see that name in my subscription box 👍
Wonderful product -grabbing myself a couple. How can I not!?
Looks incredible! By the way, was that a pitch meetings reference at 2:46?
Of course!
@@philipbloom Wow wow wow wow, wow
This looks delicious!
Beautiful. Can't wait to try them. Will there be a matte box version coming out?
I would love these in a 4x5 :D these look awesome
Any love for the 58mm size? Would work great with Fuji 33mm and 23mm lenses.
Take that, Mr. Peter McKinnon!
So when they manufacture these, are they using Vaseline or hairspray?
I need to invent a diffuser to stick to my face. Or my bathroom mirror…🤔
Hi Philip, love your videos. Can I ask when you’re going to publish your Fujifilm X-H2s review please?
We've been waiting for that review for many months, I bet when it comes out it's going to be huge
I don't know what size filter to get :/ All my lenses have different sizes, hah. I'm tempted to get the 82 for my Tamron 35-150 and be done with it.
I started experimenting with diffusion after watching you discuss them previously; I love them. I tried to purchase but the website is not functioning properly right now.
Is it working now?
Sorry to hear you`re experiencing this, did you manage to get through?
Bloom…ing heck, these are nice.
Love to see those in 4 x 4/5 size to toss in a mattebox or Tiffen Pro holder.
I just bought a diffusion plugin for DaVinci Resolve 😅.. I’m now curious about the Bloom Gold!
id love a circular 95mm for tilta mirage circular filter trays and/or a standard 4x5.65 rectangular filter
Don’t they need to be a special thickness? We are considering matte box filters.
That settles it. Gonna have to purchase the 72mm and 82mm very soon.
Thanks for the suggested video for me to watch, and the detailed explanation you provided. BTW, the gold color really pops!
Again, BIG THANKS. 🥃
Welcome! I hope you really like them.
Cool, do these filters give off the green reflection when it's a light source behind the subject?
Almost all circular filters I have used have this drawback accepted for 2 that I currently own. You can test by aiming the bloom filter center at a window while on camera lens. Then move it lens left, right, up and down. The window will be reflected like double vision but in green onto the bloom filter. If your an interview person this is no big deal. I had to do a docu style story in a building apartment while following the subject every time a light source was in the back bloom filters would reflect it as a green cast. To combat this I needed a mattebox and offangle the filters.
All circular filters will get reflected light if there a very strong light source in shot. You have to frame it out…same with variable NDs etc.
gonna get the 82mm - but will this come in 4x5,65 soon?
Hi. Sorry these are circular only for now.
4x4 and 4x65 sizes?
Are these ranged in Australia? These look gorgeous
I would take the filter for my Sony ZV 1 m2 if possible 😊
Great video. Do they have a variable ND filter as well? Where I can stack this filter with a variable ND?
They don’t, no. You can screw any variable ND onto the front.
@@philipbloom thanks for the reply Philip! You are the best. Maybe you can please help me? I have a Tamron 17-28mm f2.8 and have tried several variable ND filters and at 17mm, I get odd vignetting at 17mm so I’m looking at a larger ND filter with step up ring. Do you recommend 72mm, 77mm or larger? Thank you so much
@@Colorado4x4 17mm can be tricky. If you can get a think step up from your lens to 82mm then you should be ok. You will probably get a little vignetting using my filter and variable ND together at 17mm.
@@philipbloom thanks Philip! I really appreciate you. I’m watching your ND filter video now to reeducate myself. - Geoff
95mm as a Canon Shooter would be so good. There is not much out there either. Either way though, Congrats Philip. Can't wait to test these wonderful Filters soon.
I do have a set in 95mm, so they can make them…
@@philipbloom thats good news :D
That 1/2 would look nice for a shot at a cafe in France in the 40's.
Love the product and I know it'll be quality with your name attached to it. Time to save some funds. Lol
Very Very Nice!!!!
Congrats on this! Do you also recommend the mist variant? Thank you
Thanks…but “the mist variant”? If you mean pro mist then of course not. I have just designed the perfect diffusion filters and it’s these!
@@philipbloom I meant that they also sell supermist filters and I was looking to buy a mist type dif filter as well, and if you would also recommend them alongside your bloom as a purchase.
@@vladbobe26 how do you define a mist filter?
@@philipbloom lower contrast, softer image especially on the highlights ( i've only used the black/pro mist from tiffen)
@@vladbobe26 use this. Lower the contrast in post if you want and get a stronger strength if you want more. They both do the same thing in essence. As I said I’ve not really like any other diffusion filters that much, too much of an effect filter. Once you go past 1/8 this becomes more like one.
question about the flares at 3:33 - is that circular flare-like thing a lens ghosting, the camera lens, or an issue that's part of the filter?
That’s ghosting from the bright light in frame. All filters will do that.
thank you!@@philipbloom
need this plus VND edition. not sure I want to stack two filters now day.
Until we can make a colour tint free VND then that won’t happen. Please see my VND video about this. :)
I stacked both for most of these shots using the NISI one which is good but polarisers at the same time.