Hi! nice vídeo, very informative and the intro is hilarious! Some questions: Is there any vignette on ultrawide lenses? Such as 16-35 GM? or Tamron 17-28? Or a regular 24 mm?. Is the green tint of thr VND consistent across all the stops? Is there any X pattern visible?
@@AndreCorreaNow Hello Andre, APSC 15 mm is 22mm in FF, isnt it? Thanks for the extensive response! I'm thinking of buying the Tilta mirage, but the doubts I had were those. I'll be using a Tiffen Black promist filter in front of the lenses, thereby increasing the thickness from the front of the lens to the matte box. (and increased vignetting). I use a FullFrame FX3 with a 24-70 and a 17-28. One last question: Can you put the diameter adapter on the lenses and the lens cap at the same time? (to store them with the adapter on). Thanks again for the review!
Thanks for the question, Starski. I'm not familiar with NISI's C5 system. It looks fine but I would still choose the Tilta Mirage. I can tell you that the Mirage has vignetting when using anything wider than a 13 mm on a Super 35 camera. I think The Mirage might be more modular but the C5 looks very similar. Sorry I couldn't be of much help. Warm regards, -Andre
I'm also looking at both. What I've seen is that the mirage system gives quite a bit of color cast. The Nisi matte box vnd almost has no color cast. The disadvantage of the Nisi is that it is a bit bigger than the Mirage
Glad I found this, funny and informative! Nicely done! Just one piece to add, you WILL get heavy vignetting when using the Dual Filter Stackable Tray if you use anything wider than 30mm. At least on my camera, S3 and 24-70 gm. No matter how I set it up, using both the VND and then the stack tray to use another 95mm circular filter, I had major vignetting. Huge design flaw and didn't seem like Tilta really cared much, but it is what it is, if that's all I can complain about, it's still a win in my book.
Yeah, I agree. I've been thinking that biting the bullet and buying some solid ND 4x5 filters to use in combination with their 95mm circular polarizer. This might be the only way to avoid the vignetting problem. Meanwhile, the variable ND is working really well with the Tiffen 1/4 Black Pro-Mist. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate the support. -Andre
Great review!! Also, the shots are really nice looking. May I ask if it was shot on which camera? And did you add some film grain in the post? If so, how did you do that? Thanks a lot!!
Thank you, Graviton Film! I shot with the Sony A6600 & A6400 on the HLG3 Picture Profile. I color graded with Film Convert Nitrate. That's where the film grain comes from. Film Convert Nitrate gives you many option for film stock and it manages exposure adjustments a bit better than the Premiere Pro's Lumetri. I also used Davinci Resolve to soften the image a bit. Thanks again for watching and for the kind comment. I hope you found this information useful. Warm Regards, -Andre
Hi Andre, thanks for sharing. Decided to sub and think I will buy the Tilta Mirage system, just reflecting on which kit is best for my needs. One query on vignetting, just using VND how wide can you go to avoid this. I love wides and would often choose to go wide as I can eg 20mm Sony G f1.8, maybe even my 16-35mm Zoom? Clearly stacking with Vaxis circular 95mm reduces ability to use wider optics, but can a rectangular 4x5.65 pro type used in the front (eg black mist) permit say 20mm without vignetting?
Hello Ricky, Thank you for your question and for subscribing. I have the SONY PZ 16-35 mm F4 and that lens has no Vignetting at 16 mm nor can you see the inside of the Mirage. I never bought the 95 mm filters because I wanted to avoid the Vignetting issue. Instead, I bought two SmallRig 4x5.65 Solid NDs but honestly, I haven't used them yet. I can tell you that with the 4x5.65 filters in front of the Mirage, you won't have any issues either. I just tested this before replying to your question today on My A7IV so I think you should be ok. Unfortunately, I don't have the SONY 20 mm f1.8 yet but it is on the "BUY LIST" for sure. Another thing to consider is that if you crop the top and bottom of your image in a post - like I do in my videos, you definitely have nothing to worry about with the Mirage. I hope this was helpful too you and Thanks again for joining the club! -Andre
For the past four videos where people said it had a green shift, I was like, "eeeehhh, not convinced", until your segment told me to white balance my shots post-filters... FINE, I will do it again after adding my filters and I really fkn should!! 😂 I'll get Mirage already, stop mocking me.
In my recent video, which is “Hidden Masafi”, I’ve used the Tilta Mirage mounted on the Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 DG DN Art. I’ve been using the PolarPro Basecamp for a year now and though I loved that matte box, the Tilta Mirage is the better matte box with better VND, especially when it comes to both hard stops and color shift. In that same video, all were shot with the Sony FX3 with the WB: 5600K, ISO 640 (SLog3), f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6 and f/8. During in-post, unlike with my Basecamp, I encountered NO color shifts with the Mirage. I’d definitely recommend the Tilta Mirage (at least Kit B) and skip the PolarPro Basecamp. I’m not selling mine, I’d keep it for my FX6 with Mist filter (since that camera already has eND built in). Also, loved the intro!
I'm glad you liked the intro and The Mirage. I was filming in the desert when it came out and I knew I wanted it right away. It seems like you have an awesome setup. The Sigma 24-70 is fantastic. My copy took a brutal fall and survived it - I don't recommend you try this, but yes The Mirage and the SIgma 24-70 are great together. Thanks for watching!
@@AndreCorreaNow The funny thing is that I have two of Sigma 24-70 lenses, one’s for hiking (so that one is the most abused one) and the other is more for professional work but that lens will soon be replaced by the newer version of Sony 24-70 f2.8 GM II.
Hey @FrazerBooman, I don’t have the dual tray. I found other reviewers showing severe vignetting with wider lenses so I opted to use the Tilta circular polarizer on the single tray and 4x5 solid ND from SmallRig in front. This is an more expensive solution but it yields fantastic results with no vignetting even with wider lenses. I would be hesitant to recommend the dual tray at this point. Unless, you only should with longer lenses. If you desire to go that route, you would NOT be able to use the VND and the circular politizar at the same time because: 1. There might be a fitting issue. 2. Likely, there will be an unwanted polarization effect that will produce dark spots in your image. I hope you found this helpful. Let me know if any of this was unclear to you. All the best, -Andre
@@matiaswelz Yeah, I hear that. I found that if I'm only using FX filters like a Tiffen black promist, it doesn't slow me down. If you're using solid screw-on ND it will slow you down. I hope this helps you, and thanks for commenting.
NGL you should invest more into your channel. Do you make really good videos? Having skits is nice but not needed maybe it will help you create videos faster so that way you can spend less time on it for the moment, but I’m subscribing. Hope you come back.
