K&F Concept Variable ND 2-32 + CPL Filter Review, The BUDGET All In ONE Filter
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Hey y'all, I'm back for another video of The Project Photography. JUST AS A REMINDER, I'M NOT SPONSORED BY K&F CONCEPT AND WASN'T PAID TO MAKE THIS VIDEO. With that outta the way, I'm reviewing the K&F concept 1-5 stop variable ND filter. It's not a bad filter and I have a ton to say about it in this video. I have another filter, that they sent me, to review so stay on the lookout for that one. Anyways y'all I hope you enjoyed the video. I will try to get another video out by Wednesday but don't count on it. If I am not able to do so I hope everyone has a happy holidays and enjoys time with their family and friends. Make sure to like, comment, and subscribe, and i'll catch y'all in the next one
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I actually do not regret purchasing now. Good in depth review.
Great review man! I'm hoping to pick up this same filter before too long so this info was all super helpful!
Great video, thank you -- I'm thinking of buying this! For ultra wide angle lenses though, I'm pretty sure *all* circular polarizers sometimes show vignetting (or rather, portions of the sky being darker on one or both sides of the frame. My Hoya CPL definitely does this with my Fuji 10-24 ultrawide zoom. This isn't due to the filter brand but rather the increased amount of camera-to-sky angles captured compared to the sun's position. CPL filters work best when the lens is pointed 90 degrees way from the sun, and narrower fields of view (i.e. 24mm and up) can keep closer to that optimal angle than wider lenses do. On an ultra wide lens, it's easy to "over" polarize.. the result being you're now seeing varying degrees of polarization across the frame, rather than vignetting, per se. Hope that made sense!
Thanks for creating this review man! Considering this filter for quick switched between photo and video. You mentioned you don't use a CPL - I highly recommend using one! They significantly improve highlights in pretty much any scene (especially those with harsher light) and even on human subjects. Cheers!
One not very elegant but useful workaround is to get the 82mm size and step it up from your actual filter size, this way you have just 1 filter to use on all lenses and it also works around the vignette issue.
Excellent Video explanation!
Thanks for this review!
I'm also a Nikon shooter and also own the 14-30mm, but was mainly looking for it to be able to use the 50mm f/1.2 and keep the shutter speed lower while shooting max aperture. For outdoor strobe usage it helps if you can keep the shutter speed under high speed sync range so you don't lose power. Since my primary use would be with longer lenses I think it may work out for me, while still allowing some use with the 14-30mm at less than max ND stop reduction.
Thanks for the review. I will buy the square filter now since polarizing doesn't do much anyway
Great video and very helpful. Thank you 🙂
Interesting review, thank you for taking the time.
Good review!
I have lens 26 to 576mm fixed lens on my broadcast camcorder with a 58mm thread. This filter only comes in 62mm up. If I put this on my camcorder would I have any issues with this lens with a single step up adapter?
You should be okay, step up rings should do the trick.
Thank for doing a review on this, I’d much rather buy something like this since landscape isn’t my main type of photography.
Thanks for the review. I saw a bit of vignetting on some of the other shots other than the wide lens. I've just bought one (I suppose that's why the CZcams algorithm pushed out your video) and I am really looking forward to trying it out. I have a set of high end Lee filters but it's so much faff getting the frame thing out and then sliding the filters in that I don't use it as much as I should and so have to sacrifice aperture.
FWIW, I liked your presentation of the review and the photography was nice - thanks again
Thank you. This helped.
Helpful review. I should’ve watched before ordering one but too late! I was going to go for just the variable ND but thought the CPL would be a useful addition. Photography is only a hobby for me and I doubt anyone looking at my images will notice any issues. I bought this for my 16-35 and 24-105 so should be okay in most cases anyway. I guess I’ll find out in a few days!
Great vid
Can that vignetting problem on range lower
can that particular Filter be used with a matte box. I ask based on the fact that it has two nodes on it
Do you get vignetting at 15mm? I got an apsc 11 so that gets it to 15 with crop factor not including crop from steadyshot
Hi, thanks for the review. Is it possible to set the polarizer to zero and only use the nd filter?
Great one ! But do you mean 24mm for FF or APSC? Your answer will shape my decision since I have Sony APSC camera:)
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Exactly!
What do you think H&Y revolving Cpl amd ND Variable ?
I notice you can turn the outer ring and it also darkens the lens but it produces a wierd big black spot or a lower left to upper right black stripe( uneven exposure). Also polarizer doesn't seem to work. Please help
The thing you mention is the polarize 😂😂
Does the filter have a soft image when taking pictures?
How’s the sharpness at more telephoto range like 200mm or 600mm?
Awesome video! I have to ask though, would the size of your sensor affect the vignetting as well? If you had a 14mm lens on a M43 sensor, would the vignetting still be a major issue with the sensor crop?
It shouldn't, only the relative focal length should matter. So a 14mm on a m43 sensor would be the equiv of a 28mm on a full frame sensor. You should be just fine.
@@TheProjectPhotography that's what I thought, thanks!
Been using this ND for production and surprisingly it's held up really well, but outside of the more commercial projects i never use an ND i just crank that shutter up😂 pretty much with any camera especially sony's when you shoot log you can recover quite the amount of data from an over exposed image.
I have a question. I want to use this kind of filter for my action camera yi 4k plus, and i have the same problem with my old variable nd filter plus, at the end of the scale i have X pattern, so... If i buy a step up ring and i take 52mm nd filter instead of 37mm which i used before i should avoid or reduce that negative effect of variable nd filter or ? And if it is a true, it should work for photography at same
My question also. I use a Viltrox 13mm f1.4 ... its filter thread is 67mm. So if I get a single step up adapter 67-82 and get the 82mm size, would the vignetting still be a problem?
Thanks great video :) I'm thinking of using with my Sigma 16mm, with a a6400. So because of the aps-c it should be the equivalent to 24mm ff. I hope It'll work :) Oh and what microphone have you been using btw ?
I think it should be just fine, I use a rode video mic pro +. It's a fantastic mic
@@TheProjectPhotography Okay, thanks for your quick response :)
Great review, thanks! Is there a polarization filter you could recommend?
I don't use polarization filters unfortunately so I'm probably the wrong person to ask
What cover can I use for this
Great video! Do you need any adapter to attach to your lens? Or just by itself?
As long as the filter size matches your filter thread then you don’t need an adapter
Hey, thanks for the review.
I'm wondering, when you are talking about vignetting, do you mean 14mm on full-frame camera or for crop? Thanks.
Hi there, the focal length is in reference to full frame sensors
@@TheProjectPhotography Thank you mate
What do you think about the filter durability ,since I'm a event videographer i used to abuse my gear a lot and i dont want to have this filter stuck on my lens
It's not bad, but it's also not the greatest. It should be good for the most part.
Thanks from India Nagaland
Do you recommend the ND 2-32 or ND 8-128?
Depends , wanna shoot more slow shutter speed work? 8 - 128. Wanna shoot in more varying lighting conditions? 2-32
Great review. Did you notice any colour cast issues?
very green
The video is great, but walking away to end a shot is kinda cringe but cute😅😊
I have a 22mm f2 lens but it's a 35mm equivalent so I should be safe with it 😅
How do you open it for cleaning?
it's "weather sealed" it shouldnt get dirty in between. if it does, rma it.
Can you just turn the polorizer off when you're not using it.
Obviously, polarizer is operated seperately
thanks, seeing that vignetting saved me 90 dollars lol
That’s exactly what I just said🤷🏽♂️
If you don't care about polarization, why not buy a regular VND?
One of the draws for this product is the sort of built in step up ring. They’ll typically fit a range of lenses varying 20 +/- mm thread size. Really bummed there is no lens cap for it.
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