I found that a little care is needed when using the clip instead of the belt loop… First, the magnetic catch on the pouch is sometimes tricky to get seated. You sometimes have to hunt for the recess to get the button into (you’ll see what I mean if you own it). If you don’t get it captured and you are using the clip, the pouch will *swing* around and maybe bounce off you when you walk and the cover can flap open. I lost a filter this way. It bounced out of the pouch while walking back to my car believe it or not. The belt loop provides a more stable solution if you are wearing a belt.
Definitely a good call out, I'm pretty careful with the magnetic clip for just the reason you describe. I try to remember to remove the case when I am moving from spot to spot, but I've lost count of how many times I've forgotten and been scrambling over something. Sheer luck that I haven't lost a filter yet!
I'm pretty excited about it - hoping I can sneak out Saturday morning for some waterfalls (we're getting a decent amount of rain tomorrow). By the way, saw your Spring waterfall video! Great work - I love waterfalls! The sound of moving water is so calming.
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography Oh I'm so glad you can get out for photographing waterfalls. And thanks so much about my video. I love waterfalls too one of my favorite things to photograph. This is what I love about spring is all the waterfalls around here in the PNW ;) Have fun Saturday!
Hi Jeffrey. thanks for the video. I have also seen your review of the maven Magnetic filers. basaed on that my qestion is. do you see a difference between Kase and Maven and do you have a preference even though you are a Kase Ambassador, you honest opinion is valued. Thnaks Tony
Hello! Great question! So I have used and reviewed both Kase Wolverine (I paid for), Kase Revolution (received from Kase), and MAVEN Wave 1 (I paid for) and Wave 2 filters (I received a few from MAVEN). I think both sets of filters have several things in common and I don't think any of the brands or lines of filters had a negative impact on my photography. Both solved the big things I was looking for with filters - magnetic for fast and efficient switching of filters, nor more stuck threaded filters (that really annoyed me with threaded filters). MAVEN launched with color coding and Kase followed with the Revolutions - I really like the color coding. With all that said, I am now using MAVEN filters and have been since the early part of the year. I think the color coding on the MAVEN filters is easier to see at a glance, it is more bold and prominent on the metal ring. It is a small thing, but makes it easier to grab the right filter or spot it in my camera bag. The color accuracy of the ND filters from MAVEN is top notch. I really like that MAVEN released the DarkCPL filters (ND combined with CPL) as it nearly eliminated vignetting on my wide angle (Nikon 14-30mm) lens. I like the linear polarizer MAVEN released as well. I hope that helps - happy to answer any questions you might have!
BTW, Kase UK seems to recommend 95mm filters for the Nikkor 24-30mm S lens in their circular filter selection guide. "Whatever your largest thread size is, go up to the next size. This will prevent vignetting when stacking on wide angle lens." Is this still the case with the Revolution series? @KaseFilters
If you want to ensure no vignetting - going up to the next size is the *best* way to do it. In efforts to try to keep my gear packability as small as possible, I try to get by with a filter size that matches my largest thread size. With the Revolutions, even with the inlaid ring, I do get some slight vignetting when stacking filters (Nikon 14-30), but not as severe as with the original magnetic adapter ring. I'll have a video where I talk about that in some more detail after I get some more use with the Revolution filters. Hope that helps!
Hi. I am a little confused. When you have a 67 mm lens. You still need to step-up to 82 (lets assume that is the filter size) with the step-up ring and can not use the inlay correct? So the in-lay is only for lens of the same thread size and still can not be used with a step-up setup? - so vignetting still possible
Correct - you cannot use the step-up ring with the inlaid adapter. The inlaid adapter is for the lens of the same thread-size. When using just an adapter ring, it adds some depth to the end of lens, which in and of itself doesn't vignette - but when you add a filter, it also adds depth to the end of the lens and then introduces vignetting on wide focal lengths with wide angle lenses. Whereas the step-up ring adds some initial depth, but not to the point of introducing vignetting. And when you attach the filter, because it is bigger than the diameter of the end of the lens, the wide focal length is still just shooting through the filter glass, not the physical edges of the filter. Hard to explain in text! I will say - most of the filter companies I know say if you don't want any vignetting, use a step-up ring to avoid it. Happy to try to answer any questions - as I'm not sure I've done a good job of explaining!
Liked and subscribed. Great video, I’m going to purchase these after I learned they have the inner insert. Just confused on how to proceed as I have 72mm on my Fuji , a 77 and 82 on my canon. I was hoping the step up ring was magnetic to , as I don’t want to leave it on . I guess by a 72mm set and an 82mm set
Yeah, the step-up rings are screw-on, not magnetic. I leave my step-up rings on all the time. So I can just grab a lens and know I have the ability to attach magnetic filter. So for my lenses, 82mm is the largest filter size I have and the rest of my lenses get step-up rings from the smaller size to 82mm. Hope that helps!
The step-up ring screws into the filter threads on the lens. Once I attach it, I leave the step-up ring on all the time. From then on, I can easily attach a magnetic filter, detach a magnetic filter, or swap filters as needed. Only the step-up ring gets screwed on, once it is on the magnetic filters attach magnetically, Super convenient and allows easy filter changes across all my lenses. Hope that helps!
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography i understand, but that doesn’t work I’d you use a lens hood. I’ve seen a fair amount of lens glare when shooting towards the sun with Freewell filters. I suspect reflections off the lens onto the back of the filter. Have you seen that?
You are correct - the step up ring prevents using a lens hood and having a filter on can increase the chance of lens flare - so definitely things to watch out for. For times I do want to use a filter and experience flare, I usually use my hand or hat to shade the front lens element to prevent/reduce that. You do have to watch for it though. I don't always use a filter shooting into the sun either - the CPL is my favorite filter and it does best when the sun is 90 degrees to the scene. Shooting straight into the sun the polarizing filter effect is greatly diminished. (With that said, I still don't remove the step-up ring and if I am experiencing flaring I use my hand or hat to shade the front lens element. Hope that helps!
Good question - I'm not really sure! At first I thought it was going to be the product SKU, but it is the same across all my Revolution filters - not sure what it is!
My understanding is that Skyeye do not have a nano coating on them to help with scratch resistance and anti-reflective, like the Wolverines and Revolutions do. And the Skyeye does not have the color coding of the Revolutions either (and color coding is so worth it - great feature). Hope that helps!
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography Thanks for the reply! I have a few sets of the Skyeye and I can confirm they have the color coding-slightly different colors for the stops. I can't confirm nano coating or not though. Thanks for the help!
I found filters I've had for awhile, but never really used them, and I was thinking of getting some quality ones, and came across your video with this magnet system. Now I'm really looking to get the system. Great video! You sold me! I did have a couple questions though. I have 49 and 67 diameter lenses, all of my lenses are one of those. I was thinking of getting the 77 diameter ones, and two step up rings from 49-77 and 67-77. Since I didn't want to mess with installing the magnetic ring initially and removing that, when I think the step up rings seem to be easier to swap around different lenses. Is there any major drawback to doing that over just getting the 67 diameter kit here, and one step up from 49-67?
There isn’t really a major drawback to using the larger filter and step-up rings, in fact, that should help eliminate vignetting that might occur on a wide-angle lens when using it without a step-up ring. The 77mm size might cost more though than 67mm, so keep that in mind (that can sometimes be a con). Hope that helps!
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography Definitely helpful. I was looking at the step up rings for 49-72 and 67-72, but they were out of stock on at least one of those. Decided to go ahead and order the step up rings from 49-77 and 67-77, along with the bigger filter collection to get the neutral light filter and the UV one. Since I do a lot of studio portrait work lately, will only put the step up rings on when needing them for outdoor shoots. Another tool in the toolbox, especially with outdoor photo season coming in the Pacific Northwest.
Thank you! I do still have the Maven filters as well, but have been using the Kase Revolution since this unboxing video to get a better feel of how they do in the field, plus some other things I wanted to test - most specifically vignetting with that new inlaid ring adapter and see if that new adapter helps with that when stacking filters.
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography Thanks for the video. Can you give us some preliminary information about vignetting on the 14-30 with two filters. It should be enough to look through the viewfinder or take a picture of a wall.
I did a very quick test in the office and with two filters stacked there is some vignetting at 14mm on the Nikon 14-300mm lens. I'll review more closely when I have a bit more time to see what can be cleaned up in post-processing, plus figuring out if 15mm is enough to make it go away.
The Kase filters have been great to me so far! Really liking the Revolution filters - will have an in the field review of them in the future, I just like to have a fair amount of time with something before I do review videos. Thanks for watching!
Does the 24mm have the magnetic adapter on it or a step-up ring? For my 24-70 I use the step-up ring to get it to the 82mm filter size and do not have vignetting with it and a CPL.
That seems a large range of focal length to see vignetting caused by addition of a filter. When I use a 14-30, a magnetic adapter (not the inlaid), and then stack 2 filters, it usually disappears at 16mm. When you say 24, is it a Nikon 24-70mm? There is some natural vignetting even without adapters or filters on it. Check out this link: www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/mirrorless/lenses/24-70mm-f4.htm#falloff Also - if a Nikon camera, make sure Vignette control is to at least Normal (It is under Photo Shooting Menu and then scroll down to Vignetting Control).
Although the video had interesting and good information, I did not like that the so called Kase Ambassador who I take got his filter kit free and perhaps even paid for his review had commercials non-Kase at that, in the video.
Thanks for watching! Glad the video had some helpful info. Regarding the ads shown by YT during the video, it doesn't necessarily surprise me that other filter companies would pay for distribution on landscape photography channels talking about any brand of filters. Sort of like television advertising.
