05/08/2024
Re-inventing the wheel...
Let me know if this sounds familiar.
I love the creativity of lens filters but have always found them to be passion-killers in my workflow. For example, a 10-stop ND filter is awesome but having to go through my bag, open up plastic cases one at a time, retreiving a black filter with small white writing on it that looks like all of the others, holding it up to the light just to read it, realising it's the wrong one, repeating the process...then screwing it on to the lens, wiping dust and finger marks off it, bumping the focus ring and having to take it off to re-focus, screwing it back on...the joys of photography! đ
The good bit. A wonderful person in the States called Michael the Maven has made the perfect set of filters in my opinion. Magnetic filters have been around for a while but what this guy has done it incredibly innovative and ground-breaking in terms of the range of unique filters that have never been seen before in the history of photography.
I made a video which shows the basic kit that I have been using and I have also featured a clever filter (the I/2 Magic Grad) that provides a quick & convenient alternative to carrying around a stack of filters. These are just a small fraction of the entire range that Michael has created. There's filters for helping you focus your astro shots, IR filters, CPL/ND combo filters, variable combos, filters that will allow you to take sun trails and photos of the sun's surface. These filters have opened up new avenues of creative photography even after 2 1/2 decades.
Check out the vid and let me know if you're keen for a demo or if you have any questions. I'll add some pics in a separate post.
If you're keen to get a set and would like a discounted price then head to the Maven Filters site that has been set up for us Aussies :)
www.mavenfilters.com/aff/35
Maven filters have literally re-invented the wheel...or at least the round filter.My workflow often require the use of filters and until now, I loathed using...
