Moment has announced the launch of its first variable ND filters for cameras and drones. The company is offering a total of four variable ND filter products at this time, one designed for the DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone. According to the company's website, it designed its new filters to 'hit the sweet spot on affordability, functionality, and quality.'
The Moment variable ND filters are made with machined aerospace-grade aluminum and Schott B270 Pro Cinema Glass. The three products designed for use with cameras utilize 'unique geometry and laser-etched graphics' that enable photographers to view the stop using the viewfinder. As well, the camera filters feature a design that prevents cross-polarization when rotating the filter.
In addition to the camera filters, Moment has also launched a filter for drones, specifically the Mavic 2 Pro. According to the company, this is the first cinema-grade variable ND filter for the Mavic 2 Pro. Offered in 2-5 Stop and 6-9 Stop varieties, this product is made from fused silica glass coated for 'cinematic color and rugged durability.' As with the camera filters, these drone filters are designed to prevent cross-polarization.
All four new variable ND filter products are available from Moment now. The Mavic 2 Pro Cine Variable ND filters are priced at $80 each; the camera filters are available in 67mm, 77mm and 82mm sizes for $150, $160 and $170, respectively.
I personally decided to use my lee system with video with 100mm Square Nd filters. There are definitely advantages to both systems but I think the advantages to the square filters outweigh the advantages to a variable Nd for me.
Yes this is the same problem for me, use most of the time an inverted grad for shots against the sun during sunsets and sunrises. Is there a possibility to use both ? Would be nice because changing a 10 stops to 5 ore less is sometimes difficult. Most of the time taking panoramic views made of 5 to 10 pictures. Long exposures, 10 to 30 sec, are nice but quit challenging under rapid changing light conditions.
I don’t know about adding round filters to Lee. But my smaller system from hitech has an adapter ring to put round filters and square filters at the same time.
Wow nice to know, actually my Lee holder has one as well for the pola-filter. But this is huge, 105mm filter. Other brands have also the possibility to use round filters, will to check this out in a shop or so... Us quit often smaller square filters, 85mm for making time-lapses with my a6000 system So will check this out as well Thank you
Usually people put hard stops on the filter so you can't turn it far enough to reach the X (maybe 7+ stops)... ah yes, they do... also a very narrow operating range compared to competing products...
As I mentioned above I suspect they just have a hard stop so you can't turn it down low enough to cause it... ah yes, they do... also a very narrow operating range compared to competing products...
Moment App has the most intuitive camera interface of all the alternative cameras for a traditional SLR shooter.
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They are launching a new product, that means lots of press releases - like this one, and cast the net wide with specificity in the description use case. For their marketing they want maximum reach and hopefully convert a small amount of that to sales
Maybe. But I am a kind of technical guy, I know my camera market, and I just get confused by this press release. And think it is silly. And ... I am probably one of the potential customers. I guess only technical guys even consider a variable ND filter. To me it sounds like they have misunderstood their target group.
Their target group is phone movie makers that probably upgrade their kit to drones and then more capable cameras, audio, lighting. I would assume that market doesn't know their kit / needs so well so are good sales prosepects - if they can find your product.
You might be right. Experienced photographers seldom care about variable ND filters as they usually are not good. They are seldom neutral. They contain several layers, which degrade the image. And one really strange thing is that the pictures show brightly colored reflections in the filters. That is very unexpected. Why? Must be other filters. Or?
At least someone has finally marked the ND-equivalent markings on the filter edges. Still have to see how well they actually work. And not clear on the range. Looks like they camera ones are 2-5 stop?
My Heliopan goes from 1-6 stops, the Hoyas from 1.5 to 9. Is it possible people are confusing Density (as used in the Cine World) with stops? 1-6 is 0.3-1.8 and 1.5-9 is 0.45 to 2.7.
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