KASE filters just got BETTER
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When gales and torrential rain beat you for days on end, it is a test for any photographer, and their equipment to see what we're made of. Back from my most recent trip to Iceland I update on how my KASE filters took a real beating.
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When Kase first produced their magnetic circular filters the strength of the the magnetic attraction was definitely way too weak. Just walking around my CPL would pop off, often unnoticed, and I'd regularly find myself walking around searching for where it had popped off hoping it had not gotten scratched (it hadn't - they are very scratch resistant). Thankfully, I never lost it, but it sometimes involved a dip into deep water to retrieve it. Thankfully, Kase clearly sorted that problem out as I've not had a problem with any of their circular magnetic filters I've purchased since then. In fact, the strength is perfect - any stronger and it would get difficult to rotate them in the magnetic holder.
Hey great video. I am using my Kase filters and slowly "Getting used in to them". The CPL stays on my lens most of the time. Great photos; I think the discussion on ethics and behavior will be useful and welcomed.
Thanks man. Yeah, I'm looking forward to next weekends video.
sadly, Adam didn't come up with this bright idea, until after i bought this system, thanks mate
Thank you very much, Alister! I‘m looking forward to your Iceland-experiences…
Awesome, cheers.
One of my first jobs I had was as a assistant to a photographer, it was only for a very short period when he had hurt his back and I would help him carry all the equipment. One day he sent me to buy a pair of black nylon stockings, and since I heard that you should be ware of gooey photographers I was very much on my watch. I bought the stockings and waited too see what he was going to do with them. To my surprise he used them as a filter! 😂😂😂 So since I can’t afford Kase filters, although the system seems to be really thought through and very high quality, I will just have a dive in my stocking drawer and see what I can find.😉
HAHA, now I have an excuse to rummage in my wife's underwear drawer!
😅😂😂 oh dear, maybe I should have kept that tip a secret! I can see how many women will be wondering where their stockings gone!
@@ingabett too late 😂
After watching this vlog, i went & dug out my 77mm UV filter & then purchased x2 77mm UV Kase filters & a 82mm UV filter!
I haven’t use them yet but your logic is sound👍🏻
I’m also looking forward to your thoughts on photographers ethics & behavior.
I’m 69yo & i’ve seen some very poor behavior over the years.
We must do better 👍🏻🇦🇺
Thanks man...
Great tip for me - use a polarizor for rainbows.
Great shots. Interesting info on the Black Mist filter. I can definitely see possibilities with it. I hope they listen to your recommendation.
It's nice, I was pretty sceptical, but it works great.
Thank You for sharing! I find myself always needing a pep talk. Learning to enjoy the experience. Enjoy Spain and have a great experience.
Lovely video and examples used. I am very much in the market for new filters and id love to get my heands of these wonderful filters!
I very much look forward to next weeks video as its a topic i am interested in for sure!
Cheers 👍
My pleasure!
Superb pictures.
Thank you! Cheers!
And I thought the black spots on your filter were midges! 🤣. Love the beautiful OOF bokeh! 😍
I’ve started a weightlifting program to help me pull that magnetic lens cap off the front! 😀. Of course, the magnets being too strong is a way better problem to have than the reverse. Maybe you can give them some feedback on the lens cap to put a little lip or something on them so we all don’t have to break our fingernails. I’m really happy with my Kase filters, which I bought at least in part because of yours and Hudson’s videos.
Yeah, we’re constantly giving feedback.If I cut my thumbnails they take some effort! ❤️
@@Alister_Benn I’d like to add my voice to the idea of a lip or something on the Kase lens cap. First it’s hard to get off, then it takes the cpl off with it. We love the filters but don’t like the fiddling.
Ive solved this problem using a bit black duck tape i cut about 10mm wide. Its across the back of my lens cap then sticks out about 15mm…. Its folded back on itself so its not sticky… works a treat till kase produce ones with lips we will need to pay £25 each for!
@@capturesintime7080 like it!
The wolverine to revolution compatibility would have been nice… ive just changed over from the k9 system to the revolution for my landscape shots too… i ended up buying two sets the 95mm and the 77mm … thats to suit different uses… i wanted the ability to use filters and my lens hood on my 70-200mm lens and 100-500mm lens for landscape and motorstoports shots… the only wolverine filter i have that id withed i could get in revolution was the 0.9 grad… ive found it magnetises to the revolution ok but is at a jointy angle… its not ideal… but it works fine and hasnt fallen off yet… i know the effects of a grad can be done in post… but i have always just liked to use one on camera where appropriate! I have a feeling they wont release this as a rev filter however
Love the Kase filters!!!!--great stuff AB !-JG
non compatibility of revolution filters with Wolverine magnetic adapters was a blocker for me and I went with Haida instead.
We're feeding all that back to Kase and they are making improvements all the time. Thanks for your feedback.
Hi, Alister. I enjoy and benefit from your videos. Thx. A question re the filters. I have lenses of 82mm and 67mm which I use for LS photography. Is there a 67-82 step ring for the Revolution filters? I couldn’t find it on the website. If not, can you suggest a workaround? Thanks again. Chrtis
Can you please explain the difference btn Wolverine, Revolution , Skyeye, Armour and Movie Mate models within the Kase ecosystem? Ty
Wolverine is the name of the toughened glass KASE use for their filters. Revolution are circular magnetic filters, Armour are more traditional 100mm filters, but instead of sliding into a holder, they are magnetic. If you want to use graduated filters, Armour is better. I use Revolutions. I do not know the other two systems names as I have not used them.
I bought a set way before anyone knew about Kase. I got a 77mm set back then. In one shoot I noticed a really bad magenta tint in all of my photographs. So I went back to Nisi and a filter holder. Then a few years later I got a lens that was 82mm and Kase had released a newer version of their filters so bought a new set at the correct size to fit my 82mm lens. At this point the price had almost doubled. Then I was at the beach photographing a lighthouse in 2022 and indeed the magenta tint was still present. Sorry to say I can’t recommend them.
That's really surprising as in the 4 years I have been using KASE filters I have never had a colour cast with any strength of ND. When Tim Parkin at OnLandscape reviewed all the current filter producers he commented on the optical integrity of the KASE filters as being outstanding. Sorry you had those experiences, but I would say they are not typical.
@@Alister_Benn I would like to send you two RAW files for you too look at to see what I am talking about. For every composition I tend to take a test shot with no filter unless I forget. Then I start playing around with filters to get the desired results. So one of the RAW files will be no filter and the second will be the 10 stop + CPL from Kase. Since you are an ambassador for them maybe you can share it with them. Let me know if this would be possible.
@@MikeNovakPhoto of course - email me xpresspix@gmail.com
PS: i use the Lee100 system….too old & poor to change now 😂 I do like the Kase gear! I have 1 Kase Grad filter….👍🏻
Nice little video buddy
Thanks man ❤️
Hi, Alister. I use Kase filters as well, but not the combined system. Just wondering if the profiles of the combined filters are thinner, making vignetting less of an issue. Otherwise, is convenience the main reason for this adaptation? And you still carry a separate polarizer as well so what is the difference between using stacked versus combined filters? And I do appreciate gear guidance from pros on equipment they use. So thank you.
The combined ND/CPL is the same profile as a single ND or CPL, so yes, half the depth of a stacked pair. I carry a single CPL so I can polarise with no ND ❤️
Are the combined filters available in kit cos I only see them as separate items for purchase on the site
Sadly not. I think they were intended to supplement the kits rather than replacing them. I have been talking to KASE about this to try and bring in fusion kits.
UV filters originally were used in analog film times when UV could have unwanted side effects on the film material. They probably also have been useful in the past to prevent scratches on the front element for those lenses used 10-20 year ago. Meanwhile lens coatings have drastically improved by the manufacturers. The coatings on nowadays quality lenses withstands touching with fingers, cloths and quite harsh handling hence UV filters - in my opinion - are a waste of resources and of no benefit. Actually their use can be counter-productive as they introduce additional surfaces in the path of light which can lead to reflections and flares ...
In summary: you might be surprised on how much "mis-handling" todays coatings can withstand.
Is this "new" UV filter a screw-in Revolution version of the R-MUV? When I look at the US distributor's website, they only list a Revolution R-MUV that uses an adapter?
The UV screws in and the magnetic Revolution ring screws into that. I use it on my everyday medium zoom where vignetting is never a problem.
Thank you for your review. I currently use the Freewell system, which has a UV screw on filter also acts as a magnetic ring so you can attach magnetic filters directly (without having to attach another magnetic ring. Unfortunately, my new Sony lenses (20-70 G and 70-200 GII) are 72mm, and Freewell does not make such a 72mm screw on UV magnetic base. I can use a 77mm step-up ring, but then I either have to screw on and off the magnetic ring or I cannot use my lens hood, defeating the purpose of magnetic filters for me. Screwing on a UV filter, then screwing on a magnetic ring, then attaching a magnetic filter just seems like too much vignetting. Can you elaborate on your UV filter? Is it a Kase product? Does it include a magnetic rim to attach Kase Revolution filters directly? If so, can you provide a link?
Wow, that sounds complicated! The UV filter is the new KASE MCUV(W) and screws into the lens. Mine is 82mm as my lenses are natively that diameter. The magnetic ring of the Revolution filters screws into the front of the UV and the lens caps, or magnetic filters snap onto that. Works a charm.
I’m not finding the new cpl combined with the nd filters. Is there a new designation name other than revolution?
Hi, they are down at the bottom of the main Kase Magnetic Circular page. Here is the CPL + 6 stop ND kasefilters.com/product/kase-revolution-magnetic-circular-cpl-nd64-adaptor-82mm
Thanks Alister, I've followed your work and read all of your books short of "Out of Darkness" Your conversations on Vision and Light are excellent. I sent the one with Rachael Talibart to two post doc students explaining what you two were discussing is the essence of indepth psychotherapy not just art. I'm a close friend of John Barclay's and I'm hoping to study with you and John this coming year.
@@georgewhitson8610 Thank you so much. It's funny you should mention that, as I truly believe that is the true value of art, not just personally, but in society too. It is a way to explore perspectives, and our relationships with them, which in turn is just a mirror to our own relationship with ourselves. It's a fusion of Freudianism, and Descartes!
@@Alister_Benn Well said. I teach an advanced dream course in nyc so I live in visual symbols all day. That’s fortunate as I’m a terrible writer ;)
@@georgewhitson8610 that sounds truly fascinating :-) Hope we get to meet one day.