Hired to DP a travel gig across the U.S. 

I’m excited to have your professionalism, positive attitude and creativity on this Mini Cooper gig. We’re going to have a lot of fun and capture some really cool visuals. I’m looking forward to road tripping later this week.

Lets gooooo! This Mini Cooper shoots sounds awesome, and I think you’re gonna kill it! And bringing in Adam feels like a great choice, you know he’ll carry on the vision you give him 🙌🏻 I like this “sit and chat” style video. It’s cool to see what’s on your plate and what you’re thinking through! Personally I just bought 2 of the Chroma VND filters from Polar Pro (which let you control the polarizer and ND, and they make them in snap on or thread on) and I’m really liking them. They aren’t perfect, and are clunky to use if you’re operating a gimbal, but the image is the cleanest I have ever seen on an ND filter. I have a video coming out Monday that shows me using them on a shoot. So that’s definitely 1 solid option for you. Keep killing it bro! It’s encouraging seeing your progress and growth!

Congrats on the new gig. Word of mouth is everything! I actually really dig the magnetic filters from freewell. The m2 magnetic system is pretty strong. The CPL does have a bit of a yellow shift though. Also I’ve experienced vignetting at 16mm with the filters. I understand if you don’t like a magnetic system though. Good luck with the newsletter. I’d love to sign up! NYC let’s go 📈. I think we can have a big one 🙌🏻

I use B+W 6 stop ND and CPL on small setups and Schneider 4x5.65 ND and linear pol on the main cam. I'm an automotive videographer that's tried everything. Shoot 5500K and you'll have good results. I use a7s3, fx30, a6700 primarily.

I must say, As a Canon shooter the A7SIII is probably the greatest camera sony ever made and the fact that cams today still cant beat some of those features says alot. They really made the 1080ti of mirror less cams. Also August would be dope as long as its not during Anime NYC weekend

I don’t remember when I first subscribed but this is the video I needed to hear. Want to connect and really start to learn more. I just signed up for Production Hub. Yes, bring the meet up to New York brother

Oh man congrats ! That sounds like a super fun job ! Keep posting vlogs!

You need a VND and Circular Polarizer combo. IF your changing lenses go matte box if not then go screw on.

love the let-just-chat, format here! For a VND with CPL, I've been very happy with these K&F Concept Variable Fader ND2-ND32 ND Filter and CPL. Hopfully whatever you get, you can get your hands on a test first.

Hey David, I relate to your situation with the magnetic ND. I have been using the NISI TrueColor VND Swift System 1-5 Stops - and it works wonders for me; very minimal color fringing and very rugged build. And you could stack a nano CPL that they made specifically for this Swift system as well!

The Freewell threaded VND's (2-5 & 6-9) I really like, I haven't noticed any colour shift with them. Philip Bloom has a good review video on Variable ND filters. I also have a Simmods VND, also not much colour shift and you can control the polarization (tho it takes a little getting use to).

Awesome to see you linked up with Jon! Worked with him on a few shoots, would love to help contribute in anyway in NYC. A lot of folks swear by the polar pro Peter McKinnon ND/CPL kit, I haven’t tried it myself though. Man as a car guy that reaaally wants an R53 Mini Cooper S 6MT vert, I’m jealous but happy you got that travel gig, that’s right up my alley too.

The polar pro Recon kit let's you adjust the polariser, though it's range from 3-6 stops isn't great for versatility. The HY Revo ring let's you adjust the polariser but will cross polarise over 5 stops (goes to 10) and I've heard good things about the SLR Magic VND, but it looks a little more difficult to adjust the polarisation on the fly as you need to unscrew it and reposition.

Formatt Hitech Firecrest IRND. They are the best. Neutral and no color cast. Probably 0.9, 1.2 or 1.5 would work and adjust iris when needed.

As for your questuons The "Haida PROII CPL-VND 2-in-1 Filter" Seem to be good, I've used it on a few shoots and its superior to entry level K&F but needs more testing. Also the rodes and dji mics (32 bit float) >> the UWP and Sennheiser ew. The shift in audio is coming.

Best filters/ NDs I’ve used with the cleanest colors is the nisi true color line

Great insight as usual David. Love it. PS I've ordered the C400. I'm in tiny little Tasmania Australia and for me and the circles I mix in people are open to Canon but I totally get why you went with the FX6.

I love the mirage matte box so much it’s not even funny. Mirage w VND and you can buy additional filter trays and run a Polarizer.

Great vid as usual! I use the Tilta Mirage Mattebox + Tilta's variable ND. It's nice to use since it's a gear you can spin with a single finger to adjust it. You can get a motor setup for it, but I just use it manually. The mattebox has a spot for drop-in rectangle filters, so you can use that for the polarizer.

Nice casual chat. Love it. Keep up the grind brother!

The VND with the Tilta matte box is pretty great. dunno if you want to go that big but I love it. otherwise I will use the simple screw on filters when I'm trying to be low key with my gimbal/red set up

NISI Swift System or the Freewell K2 system for screw on. You need to get one designed for variable ND+polarizer, they aren’t compatible otherwise. Those two are good options. I’ve seen other comments saying polarpro and they aren’t bad but they aren’t as good as I want them to be for the price. Also afaik they don’t have a VND+cpl solution. You could get a solid ND and CPL and stack them but then if they get stuck (CPLs like to do that in my experience) you’re SOL. Sounds like it’ll be an awesome shoot! Break a leg man, hope it’s a ball

Get the filters that fit over your sensor, that way you don’t have to buy one for every lens you own. It’s relatively easy to install as well.

I'm the dude that suggested the UWP 900mhz. I'm also rough on my gear. So, trust me when i say Polarpro Helix! It's only magnetic to start then it's locked down with a heavy twist. They have a filter that combines CP and ND. Also, they are tough built, come with a lifetime guarantee, and very neutral. Scientifically, it's basically impossible to be both ND and 100% neutral. Anyway, if you look at it and like it let me know I'd love to get some Polarpro credit lol or not. Also, if you do a Cleveland/Akron meet up I'd love to help you with that 👍

Man that job would be fun,if you need another FS6 DP let me know .I’m in SoCal

Hey - try Nisi C5 Cinema kit. In includes VND and CPL filters. I thik that it would be the best solution for your case.

I would recommend a variable ND over a hard stop one any day of the week (Aside from built-in ND's). It obviously does the same thing, but it gives you so much more versatility and easy of use. I don't even want to attempt to count the number of times I would miss the shot if I had to lose time on changing a filter, having the variable ND is nice! Even when the lighting is not changing all that much, even turning to your side can require an exposure change and for those small differences VND helps a lot. Another useful application for VND is if you are doing a single camera interview and the lighting changes due to weather you can keep the shot going and just adjust the amount of VND, where you would have to jump in exposure without the filter. (this of course can also be overcome if you have a lens with a de-clicked aperture ring). There are plenty more cases where it's better to have an Variable ND rather than a fixed ND, but this comment is already very long haha. And also, I might be wrong on this one, every variable ND kind of does a little polarization itself so it might help in that way too but I wouldn't count on it. There are also some 2 in 1 filters that have both the VND and polarizer. P.S. I Love and appreciate your videos on BTS stuff and all the things we as filmmakers go through! Keep it up! Hi from Bosnia and Herzegovina!

Tilta Mirage VND Kit is fantastic. Small matte box setup and you can rotate the matte box introduce the circular polarising option. No vignetting/colour shift and you can add a single 4x5.6 filter on the front.

When I need to work with a camera that doesn’t have built in ND’s I go with the Nisi True Color VND’s. I’ve got so many other VND’s that I’ve collected over the years that I’ve not been happy with (including the overpriced polar pro’s) and the Nisi no doubt is my favorite.

Not sure if you got one yet, but I would definitely consider getting one of the USB to sdi timecode adapter, tentacle and deity have their own adapters too that are compatible with the a7siii, and because it’s going into the USB port it writes the timecode to the files timecode, a big help when working with other ops on a bigger shoot you might be slotting into a team and receiving timecode from an audio team.

Genustech makes a VND with a built in circular polarizer. I have the just the VND and super happy with it.

+1 for the statement on magnetic VNDs. I got the Freewell with Mist option.. just had them with me in Namibia, super dusty and sandy shoots, a bunch of magnetic fragments from the sand ate their way in between the base and the filter, the main filter is pretty much done now due to scratches from said fragments between magnetic cap and front element. In hindsight not surprising but still a painful 400$ mistake now that whole purchase. Not sure how normal VNDs would have performed in relation to sand and dust though. Edit: on more conventional, corporate style doc shoots they worked fine for me though, even though I occasionally knocked off the front cap, the filter itself always stayed perfectly in place

Hey David there is a little problem with the DJI mic 2 adapter the camera does not recognize it right away you have to unplug it and plug it back in for it to work properly I am using a similar set up a7s3 and fx30

nisi true colour 1-5 vnd is the best for colour accuracy, pretty cheap too. but maybe consider your matte box option... hard to get to the VND if there's a matte box in the way

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I'm in the shopping market with your external ND choice too, im torn between Haida CPL VND 3-7 stop and the NiSi swift system but yet you mentioned the no magnetic so i'm leanning towards the haida.

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Tilta mirage mattebox vnd system is great