I’ve got a 77mm breakthrough full set as well as a full set of the slide in breakthrough filters for my large format film camera. Breakthrough has been the best I’ve ever used. Virtually no color cast.
For the Fototripper community, if you happen to get color cast from your filter, its an easy fix in PS, by going to Image > Adjustments down to color match and click on neutralize, wala no more color cast.. The portrait image of the waterfall looked fantastic Gavin, nice move putting it crop mode !!!
I got the Kase circular magnetic filter set a few years back, got a size larger to stop vignetting plus their magnetic lens hood which is of a soft material so easy storage. Great video Gavin and great shots.
Not sure how comfortable I am with keeping something magnetic in my camera bag with so many electronic devices as well as my SD cards - am terrified the magnets will somehow mess everything up, I tend to keep magnets and electronics far apart
Serious question. Is that the Patagonia granite Crest jacket in the last part of the video? Do you like it? I’m in need of a new jacket and was considering this one.
Gavin...great to hear your advice on bracketing and photography. So happy we are getting this content. Love the humour too, but glad you are giving us more insights now. Thanks
HaHa. Amanda is in a different outfit! I use Breakthrough Filters which rock, but they are screw in and not magnetic. My NiSi 82mm has great color, but can’t use the lens hood. Ordering my Kase filters.
Good tips re: CPL usage and focus. I'll need try your CPL "Bracketing" technique. Thanks BTW, didn't you purchase a case ND 16.5 to shoot the eclipse in April? Try it on the waterfall; just watch out the bugs
A while back I bought the Kase Revolution set. I was thrilled- THRILLED- that hoods fit over them! But I had a color cast that was clearly visible in the image and histogram (take a shot with and without the filter, especially ND). It was about 120 degrees K per stop, so the 10 stop was 1200 degrees off, 6 stop 720 degrees, etc. Mostly a flick of the wrist on the WB slider did it, except for a few colors which I simply could not correct (blue grays, some greens). Concrete was orange, and faces were definitely warmed up. Found Maven filters, and I can't see or measure a difference. Only problem is the hood thing. Sigh. Working on that. Returned the Kase filter set. Your mileage may vary. Cheers!
Thai boxing? Hah, you've been stealing Amanda's Hasslebald again and she wanted it back! BTW, send those crummy filters back, they cause terrible colour shifts - Amanda's shift is unrecognisable from the initial cool elegance. 🤔
I have the Sony 16-35 F2.8 GM (Version 1) and when I use an Zeiss 82 mm circular polarizer, I don’t get vignetting. It has no color cast and optically sharp, but it is a little expensive.
Very Good Information, also to let you know got your book Stories with Stories and enjoyed it very much, Also currently in Sydney and sorry we were not able to get together, next time maybe, but enjoyed you home Providence and particularly the Cabot Trail as well as Louisbourgh. Oh on filters I may have to look in Kase sometime but for now very happy with my Wine County Camera system.
Amanda changed clothes. Was green before the stairs, then red jacket while going down. Then green again. So the going down the stairs part was taken from another shoot.
Great advice on how to use the CPL, tips I will use. Thanks. I have already got a set of Kase Revolution filters, gave them a thorough test last week in Italy, perfect.
Waterfall? It is rather a place where water falls. I can't wait to see the rest. Well nice pictures, well done. But why does everyone use long time exposures? Ah, I get it, so the motion of the water becomes like a blur or a soft stream like pour. But is that how your eyes see a natural waterfall? Or should we rather become painters, if we can? Just thinking....🤔
Pretty sure the continuity issue was near the beginning. At about 2:48 you show Amanda going down the trail in front of you, and then by 2:52 the camera is pointing towards you, she is behind you, and you are only about 50 feet down the trail from the parking lot. Must have screwed up a bit during edit I imagine. Great video as always. I always enjoy the British humor in your videos.
At 18:44 , I’m sure you did see that amazing leading line the rocks and grass in the middle of the frame make from left to right and you have been making also an XPan with the X2D + XCD 2.5/25. 😊
You switched out Amandas. I didn't know she was twins ;-) Good thing they don't dress alike. I should use filters. Good demo. Lovely image at the end. Your instructor really broke your ribs? It is good exercise, but never heard of that "bonus", yikes.
Hi Gavin, a few years ago I felt the need to look like a landscape photographer and bought the first version of Kase magnetic filters. They came in a very masculine leather box, nothing like this one for girls. Anyway, the moment you seemed like a true landscape photographer to me, was when you tried to put the lens hood over the filters, with the same diameter as the lens... with the aim of having them at 16 mm. .. That's when we understand that we have to make mistakes and learn, that to photograph with more than one stack filter at 16mm the ideal is to have at least one size larger than the lens diameter, and it may not even be enough. If you want to use more than one filter, forget the hood for ultra-angle lenses. I'll try to buy waterproof pants next time.
I’d already spotted you had a green Shimoda harness this week on the yellow backpack. Did you swap with Chris (10:05 Hiking in Newfoundland - Chance Cove) and his green backpack with yellow harness? 😂 The other week you had the blue one that comes with the ladies harness, did you find that more comfortable? I got the waist extender for my 30L. I’m like you in that I like to use lens hoods. The problem I found, and you proved, is Kase, and others, recommend going up a size with wide angle lenses. That then means the hood no longer fits. It was interesting to see how much of an impact that was for Kase filters in your video, thanks.
I am awaiting delivery of a K&F Concepts magnetic CPL. They cost a lot less and I've seen many reviews that show you can't tell the difference from Kase filters. Maybe you could do a comparison? I love to save money. Cheers!
The absolutely worst filters, are of the type variable ND… unless you enjoy that legendary ND “X” in the middle of your image, at way too many rotations of the front filter glass.
I got the Kase magnetic filters a few years ago and I loved the ease of use but because I'm as blind as the Grumpster I can't read the teeny tiny type on the side and have a hell of a time figuring out which filter is which. Now they are color coded .... bastards! 🤨
Gavin, I love your videos, but I also really enjoy two tone pants man (your description), He puts a lot of effort into his trips around to different places.
What is most irritating is when people put the lens hood on backwards when using the camera. Every time I see someone doing this I am forced by moral obligation to kindly ask them to turn the lens hood around the right way before taking another shot.
Lenses are designed so that the lens hood can be stored on there when not in use. The alternative is to have it swimming around in your camera bag or in my case lost in the pocket of a jacket.
So how do you adjust the CPL when the lens hood is on? Being cheap I opted for step-up rings to cover all my lenses, which does not let me use the lens hood, and I often miss it.
I failed the quiz, probably because I've just discovered your channel and haven't watched enough videos to pick up what you dropped. However, after watching this rather entertaining video, I'm almost ready to subscribe. We'll see......don't let the suspense bother ya! 💜 (And my, those Kase filters are expensive! 🤑)
The vignetting is the main reason I've stuck to a square filter system, except for a standalone CPL. But the convenience of magnetic filters is undeniable.
One thing about the Kase filters I haven't seen mentioned often...they are pretty hard to break. Nothing ruins your day like dropping a 100 buck piece of glass and seeing it shatter. Dropped a few Kase filters onto rocks and NOTHING happened to them...not even a scratch. So far anyway. Very good glass. Yep...spotted the wardrobe change..haha
Nice, thanks for sharing. Best to choose the biggest filter thread your (future) lens had and use step-up rings when your lens filtersizes vary. Choosing one size up might reduce vignet at wide angles but no lenshood possible. CPL is kind of a must have. ND depends a but of the fastest ISO your camera can shoot at. ND32 or ND64 works best for me for me, ND1000 for really long exposures. Finally, threaded filters can get stuck on each other, magnetic is much more convenient. Cheers, Bart
Amanda went from red to blue, and them maybe to pink, so I assume you filmed on consecutive days. I have always used the circular polarizer as by main go-to filter as a landscape photographer. At one time, my red filter was my main go-to filter when I shot black and white film. Still have that little filter. (probably 45-50mm) I think that 1/5 of a second is perfect for flowing water, so your ND filter can come in handy as well.
Did Amanda change clothes? 🙂 That would have been interesting to see you wear those filters as an earring, lol. Thanks for the tutorial on filters especially the cpl. The cpl has always been a bit confusing for me. So, it's primary purpose is to cut the glare. Thanks again!!!
Another use case (Kase?) to consider - Kase makes adapters and inlaid rings so that I could adapt my existing filters to a magnetic mount. As I buy new filters I will get magnetic ones. I do most of my nature photography from a kayak and can't be faffing about screwing filters on.
Thanks for another fun and informative video. But real landscape photographers get a front and back cap for the filters, throw away the carrying case and just carry a stack. I switched from Freewell to Kase Revolution. The Freewell optics were fine, but the magnets were just not very strong. My lens cap was constantly falling off. Love the Kase Revolution.
There... I've picked myself up off the floor from a long fit of laughter! The lens hood fiddling was PERFECT but was missing the usual muffled expletives. AND the brilliant part was that it proved to me that a Kase filter will stay attached to the front of the lens through all the "fits'n about". Kase here I come! ... my semi solution for the "lens hood line-up" issue was to put a small square piece of gaffers tape on the outside of the lens hood at the spot to hold upward when first putting the lens hood on the lens... before starting to rotate. Thanks for another fantastic video!
Good instruction on the polarizing filter, Gavin. I took a trip to the Smokies in March 2012 to photograph waterfalls. I was so adamant about my polarizer that I threatened to have it welded to my lens. It rained every afternoon about 1500 hrs (Mickey's long arm is scratching his head and his left arm is sticking straight out to the left) and the polarizer turned in some beautiful images that would have lost with it. I'm a believer!
"CPL Bracketing" Outstanding phrase. I've never heard that before and to be honest it's a great technique. Fantastic video Gavin. Thanks for sharing. Stay polarized.
I'd be lost without my ND filter. Being a total clot, on a trip to the U.S last year what did I not take?.. Yep, you guessed it, the ND filter. Thanks to the wonders of phones and Amazon it was soon sorted. Had I been somewhere remote though I would have lost the shoot, not just the shot, so lesson learned. With regards the continuity, do we now have the SuperManda? Hides behind a tree and voila does a wardrobe change in milliseconds? Good video Gavin and a stunning location to pass on a few tips and grab some stunning shots. 😀
