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Mikhayah DeNatale
2025-08-04 12:43:36
Great build quality. Feels like it’s a $30 dollar step up. I noticed most of the negitive reviews are about it getting stuck on their equipment; I can see how that could happen. Just BE SURE it’s level to the lens and filter-don’t force it. There should be no resistance in the first few rotations. If you do not, you will screw it down wrong and get it stuck.
Colin Brown
2025-07-27 18:08:09
Breakthrough Photography's step-up lens adapter ring is firstly made from brass and not aluminum. Just like B+W's filters which are made from brass, this is important because brass expands and contracts at different temperatures than aluminum. In essence this adapter ring will stay true to form better than an equivalent aluminum one, allowing you to easily attach and remove it and not have the dreaded stuck filter syndrome whereby the filter you have attached to your lens has expanded or contracted just enough that you can no longer remove it (at least until the temperature has normalized again).Living in the South where we have long hot summers, this is important to me and one of the main reasons I thought I would try this step-up adapter.The adapter has an electroplated black finish to it so that it fairly much matches your lens and this is harder to scratch and look bad. It also helps with weathering making this weather and corrosion proof.Breakthrough Photography's adapter also has a ribbed outer edge which is excellent as it gives you much needed grip making it very easy to screw on and off your lens and also for when you are attaching and removing your filter.The main reason I got this adapter is that I have a bunch of filters for my Canon 24-70IIL lens which takes a 82mm filter, but I also have the Canon 100-400IIL and the 70-200IIL lenses which take 77mm filters. This step-up adapter would allow me to use my 82mm filters on my other L lenses removing the need to buy separate 77mm versions of each filter (which are over $100 a pop aren't exactly cheap). I tested this out this weekend with the solar eclipse. I have a 82mm ND10000 solar filter which I wanted to use on my 100-400 lens. It worked flawlessly. The filter fit fine, with the ribbed outer edge I could very quickly remove the filter during totality and quickly screw it back on once totality finished. It worked a charm.I realize this is slightly more expensive than the cheaper aluminum step-up filter adapters but it is thoroughly worth it.
Customer
2025-07-05 21:15:54
I purchased a inexpensive ring flash and some closeup lenses (the kind that screw in front of your lens) for a project. The ring flash uses adaptors that also screw into the lens, but they are made of plastic and not threaded on the inside. The adaptors for the flash weren't able to screw far enough into my filter or close up lens to not deform and fall out.As I was under a time crunch, I found a work around by not using the flash, however knowing I would want to use the flash at a later time i looked for an answer, then it hit me an adaptor ring might work.The cost of the Breakthrough item was double the price of others, but it was made from brass and in the USA so I bought it.It arrived today and boy howdy it was so well made and packaged it took me all of one second to know i had made the right move, well worth it.By the way, this adaptor cost almost as much as the ring flash but I will be using it way after that flash bites the dust.Great product, thank you
Dan Ponder
2025-06-16 15:38:02
Buttery smooth threads. Great quality. Will purchase brand again!
Chris C.
2025-05-05 12:16:15
Offhand this step-up ring works well. The textured, knurled grip helps a lot when trying to unscrew a filter from it. Being brass it helps from the threads seizing and the blackening should help like flare/unwanted reflections.One thing to note is that unlike my other step-up rings sourced via a different manufacturer, this comes with no case whatsoever. The packaging was a plastic zip-sleeve which included the ring and a microfibre towel. The shipping envelope was a simple bubble-wrap plastic envelope with no stiffening whatsoever. This concerns me given the fact that the ring could have been bent in transit. Thankfully, mine wasn't and it threaded easy to my lens and my filters. Given the nature of the shipping packaging and the lack of a case, this should be concerning for any photographer--I personally would hate to have the filter threads damaged on an expensive filter or the filter threads of an even more expensive lens damage due to the ring being bent or damaged in transit on an otherwise great product.The seller/shipper should consider more robust packaging: either include a stiff plastic holder (the ones Breakthrough Photography uses for it's ND filters would work), or ship it in a sturdy box, not a flimsy envelope.Don't get me wrong though...the Step-up ring itself is very well-designed; just take caution when threading one the 1st time. If it threads on smoothly you're good to go.
Danny B.
2025-04-26 13:39:08
I love this piece of ring. Looks very durable heavy and. Last a lifetime
Restitution G.
2025-04-20 14:02:37
another fantastic product from one of the best lens filter companies in the market today.
Kath
2025-04-17 12:48:18
I specifically bought this brand because of reviews suggesting the design & build was less likely to result in stuck filters.Not the case for me.Not impressed.
Ramesh Singaram
2025-01-27 13:15:33
I own two other, more affordable step-up rings. I've always wished they felt more substantial than flimsy in use.So I took a chance that this might be better to work with. I wasn't wrong.I noticed immediately that these were much better made rings. The brass makes it much heavier in the hand and helps it screw on better than my old rings. The knurled edge make it so much easier to hold & to use.I feel much more confident using this brass step-up ring than my old aluminium ones.A high quality, well crafted product. It'll last years.Just get it.
Dennis Siebert
2025-01-22 11:26:34
Das ist mal ein vernünftiger Step-Up Ring. Aus Messing gefertigt ist der deutlich stabiler als aus Alu.Man denkt sich sicher: was muss daran stabil sein? Bei wem sich ein Aluring mal festgefressen hat weiss wovon ich rede. Aluringe verformen sich sehr einfach beim Anfassen, was dem Lösevorgang leider entgegenwirkt. Messing ist deutlich stabiler. Zusätzlich gibt es noch schöne Riffelungen auf der Aussenkante, damit die Finger nicht abrutschen.Es gibt nur einen Punkt Abzug für ein Feature welches ich hier vermisse: die Innenseite sollte eine Leichte Gummierung haben, damit Reflexionen vermieden werden.
Kylie Supski
2025-01-09 16:19:30
works as expected good quality
Guillermo
2024-12-26 18:06:01
Excelente producto, se siente de mucha calidad.
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