Best Matte Box and Variable ND? 

You threw me for a loop. Thought for sure you were taking the Smallrig. Makes sense why you aren’t. All things considered, my Smallrig arrives tomorrow. Thanks for the video.

When will you post an update video on how these worked for you? I'd also love to see a vid on your rigs for each camera!

the VND on the SmallRig mattebox is surprisingly good for me, i live in a very sunny country, harsh lighting all day all year round, the Polarized part in the VND helped me to reduce contrast when shooting outside alot!

I’d have a look at Nisi C5 filmmaker kit.

Thanks man

Thanks for review. I thought about SmallRig then hesitated. I'm new to this and recently bought a Tilta Mirage, having viewed multiple YT reviews. I think it's OK but I'm wary about having too many Vaxis 95mm filters due to potential vignette problems. I'm planning to also have a few 4x5.65 ND filters too (probably SmallRig as they look excellent quality) so that I don't have to use the VND to extreme settings - minimising any cross pattern etc. Does anyone else have experience of using both fixed large format NDs (4 x 5.65) with a matte box and possibly also CPL or VND filters too?

I liked how you mentioned how good the smallrig matte box was, but unfortunately you returned it for lens sizing. Smallrig makes the Revo Arcane which fits the VND filter frame they make and goes up to 114 and is still extremely affordable. The main reason I went with smallrig was future proofing my cine rig. I can use ANY size cine filter 4*5.65 or 4*4 and not just limited to polar pros filter selection. Tiffen makes some crazy good cine filters that won't fit the polar pro system

I think the Tilta mirage would let you mount it directly to the 95mm lens on the 28-135. Might wanna check that out ✌️

Can you use almost all brands (Tiffen, polarpro and other) into one Mattebox? im just curious if theres a good Mattebox which allows a wide arsenal on filters and not only limited to their own filters. and i own old agfa filters ,would love to be able to simply slide these non-standard filters in and attach them. or simply attach tinted glassfilters.

Hello, I bought the smallrig VND maytebox along with a whole rig set and I’m trying to use it with different kind of photo lenses ( Canon 85mm, 50mm ) and I keep getting error messages from the lens. Apparently it seems to be heavy for it when the lens is trying to focus. Is there any solution for that?

Hey dude, isn't the 28-135 a 95mm lens? Aren't all the matte boxes able to fit up to 95mm lenses?

i planed on the recon but the limit of just 2 filters no stacking...