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Hi, I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today to give you a look at a set of filters that works with
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the Canon EF to RF adapters. This is from Aurora Aputure and it's amazing to be out ready to take
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some photos out in nature and to have along with me not just one filter but in this little kit here
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one, two, three, four, five, six filters in here various ND filters and other filters used and
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a grad ND etc etc and so to have this as an ability to add on to lenses including lenses
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that don't have the ability to accept traditional filters is certainly a huge asset. So the idea
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here is simple and that is to utilize the space and the design here to create an area to use rear
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mount filters. So those filters come in the form of you know very small and compact filters
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that are designed to where they can fit into that space here in the actual adapter itself
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Now, unfortunately, in this case, it's not as easy a fit as it was in the MC-11
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just because the MC-11 has a little bit more of a natural shelf here
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However, as you can see, you can utilize that space there to put the filter in
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and then the lens itself will mount in over the top of that. And so now you have a filtered lens, even though in this case, like with this Laowa 12mm f2.8
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there is no space for front filtering. Now, as you can see, there's a little slot there, and that's where you can kind of lift
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with a fingernail and loosen it up. Now here we have a neutral density, a graduated neutral density filter, and so as you can
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see we've got a metal frame, we've got optical glass in them, and you know, a number of micro
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coatings on there, or nano coatings on there to make them hard, and also to make them scratch resistant
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So here's a look at a few of the filters and what you can do with them. This is actually the dusk filter and so what it does is it has a bit of a cooling effect
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This is a really warm lighting type situation and so using it allows you to have a little
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bit more neutral color. It's also very effective for using when shooting astro as you can see here
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Now in this shot I used the ND64 filter and so that six stops and so let just take look and for a lens I use the Sigma 40mm f1 art here And this is on a Canon EOS R obviously So what you can see is that we have really
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really great detail. Of course, it helps to start with a sharp lens, but definitely I don't really
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see evidence of any optical degradation. We've got a really nice looking result
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Just a, again, a similar type situation, just a different composition, but allows you to look at
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from a different angle on the scene and as you can see a really nice result. Now in this situation
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I was obviously shooting directly into the sun. I was shooting at a small aperture f11 and so you
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can you know clearly see the sun burst and then the reflected sun burst. So obviously really bright
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sun conditions for the shot and so what is an advantage for rear mount filters of course is
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that because they come so late in the optical chain there really aren't there isn't hardly any
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potential for them to introduce additional flare artifacts and as you can see flare resistance has
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been very good. We can also see that our detail in this scene is really nice. It's a you know a
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lovely scene lots of detail out there and so a good result there. Now in this situation here I
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again shooting with an ND64 different kind of lighting conditions not far from that that scene
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that we just saw but now the sun is out of the frame and you can see once again really really
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nice result. I've got a little tiny bit of ghosting artifacts, but that's, I think, just, you know
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par for the course for the lens. And so, again, a really nice result. Very crisp, very nice detail
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So optical performance is holding up. One final shot with the ND64. And so you can see a, you know
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a nice looking, seeing just enough additional longer exposure to smooth things out. But I also
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find that an ND64 is a nice filter in this kind of situation for just richening color. And so you
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can see that our colors are really nicely saturated and image looks great. So while these
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weren't taken at the exact same time, there's a few minutes apart, you can see a difference. I
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swapped out on the right side for an ND grad filter. And so this is an ND8 graduated. So we've
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got about three stops of exposure that's graduated from the top down. And since these filters will
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only mount in one direction on the RF mount, what you've got is it's always going to be the top
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portion of the image basically that gets the graduation. Kind of a limitation of a rear
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filtering type thing. But what you can see looking at the two images side by side is that you've got
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definitely a more darkened sky. And so maybe a little bit better balance between the
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foreground and the sky In this case I could recover some of this through post But again if you wanting to get you know if it was a brighter scene and much brighter difference
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between the foreground and the sky, using an ND8 filter can make a big difference in, you know
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leaving you a sky where you can not have any clipping, not lose any highlights. So finally
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let's look at the most extreme filter in the kit. This is an ND4000 or a 12-stop filter
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And so what we can see here is that first of all, as we look across the framing here, we can see that we haven't lost detail here
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That even in this image with extreme blockage of light, we've still got good detail
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If we look down here on the subject here, you can see that detail contrast has held up nicely
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And what, of course, this has allowed me to do is to really have a smoothing effect of the water as it ripples down here over these rapids underneath the bridge
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And so it allows you to have a contrast between a fixed or a static subject and then the dynamic movement
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And so it just gives you a lot of versatility on how to capture a scene
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Here's another composition. In this case, I shot in a vertical composition and I switched to a monochrome
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Once again, you can see really great looking detail and contrast and looking down here, detail is held up well
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But, you know, a nice dynamic image all caused by using the ND filter in a situation where I would not necessarily have been able to use one otherwise
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So as we can see, the optical performance of these filters is actually quite good and I don't really have any complaints on that front
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I don't see any optical degradation in terms of the performance. and as I noted, because of their location, I don't think they're going to be introducing any new
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kind of flare type issues. Beyond that, color casts seem to be very well controlled and so I feel like
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I'm getting a very neutral result out of them in terms of color and so, you know, just a lot of good
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things on that front and of course, you know, if you are someone, I think in particular, who is, you
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know, just moved to the OSR and, you know, you're still using a lot of EF mount lenses, this is a
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really, really great way to go. And, you know, advantages being that obviously you can bring a
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lot of filters along in a convenient way, you know, so you have filter options wherever you happen to
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be on your shoot. It's also nice in that you have just one standard size no matter what lens you're
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putting on. So you don't have to worry about, you know, trying to fit to a front mount. And so in the
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case of some of the shots that I taken with the IREX 15mm F2 Blackstone here it actually can take traditional screw on filters but a very large 95 millimeter filter size using this rear mount filter means that a lot less expensive i mean for
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the filters because of their their size but also it means even if i'm bringing this and the number
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of other lenses along i can get you know similar and common results across the board and so i like
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the concept it's obviously limited to those that you're actually adapting if you're using native
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RF mount lenses, it's not going to help you out. But if you have a lot of EF mount or EFS mount
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lenses that you're using adapted to the EOS R, it certainly is convenient. Let's talk about price
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as we wrap things up. Price is run anywhere from $48 to around 80 something dollars for these
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filters. So $48 being kind of a standard UV protection type filter. You know, if you're using
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the OSR, I don't know if it's really all that necessary because the OSR does have the little
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shutter assembly that comes down to keep the sensor protected already. If you're using an RP
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for example, that may be a more advantageous thing to have there. So your sensor is always
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protected. Moving towards like the more standard ND type filters, they run around $55 on average
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a piece. And the Grad filter is a little bit more, the most expensive actually being that dusk filter
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And so anyway, but reasonably priced. And if you just need one or two, you have a particular purpose that you're looking for
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maybe a couple of ND grads. It's really not all that big of an investment, all things considered, and the ways that you can use it
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They're currently available at B&H Photo, although it's still very, very early on
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This is just the beginning of them coming to market. And so at the moment, they're still kind of a pre-order or special delivery type situation
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I suspect they'll also become available through Amazon. I'll throw links down there
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Even if they're not completely active at the moment, I'll set them up in such a way that when stock is in
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they will become available to you. So you can check them out there. So at the end of the day, once again
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I think that Aurora Aperture has just really done a very clever thing. It's utilizing that shelf that's already there
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and just making what could be a liability an asset. Using that adapter, why not use it to your benefit and add benefit to it
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And so a pretty clever thinking on their part and a good execution of that concept
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I'm Dustin Abbott. If you look in the description down below, you'll find those links there. You can also find a link there to follow me on social media or to become a patron
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