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Your cart is empty.Ideal for Wide Angle. Black-rimmed glass. Superfine matte black frame. Includes front threads for filters or Hood.
Van Life Geek
November 29, 2024
This is an interesting filter that creates some interesting, high contrast images. I assumed I'd need to convert all images to black and white, but leaving some red is more interesting in my opinion. I show a couple of images in B&W/color split screen to see for yourself. To be honest, I'm not really sure what the actual point of this filter is supposed to be. I kind of like it, but I have questions that need some research.Like: How is this different than a red filter? Why does it eat so much light? It's like neutral density filter dark! I'll need to do some more research to see if I'm using and/or understanding this filter correctly. I will say I enjoyed the few images I got when just testing out the filter briefly. It made me think and shoot differently... mostly because I couldn't see anything through the viewfinder unless I had the sun in the frame. I was relying on my auto focus most of the time.I shot my test images using a Nikon D800 with a 105 Micro Nikkor lens. Perhaps a wider angle lens would be more suited for this filter, as mentioned in the product description, but I kind of like the results I got with a little tele. With a 52mm filter, I have two lenses that will fit, including the aforementioned 105mm, and also a 50mm lens, so I'll have to play around a little more to see what I like best.I'm looking forward to reading more reviews about this filter and seeing how other folks are using it and how I might make better use of it from their example.
Andrew W. Johns
November 18, 2024
This filter fits on my Kodak Pixpro AZ528 digital camera, and does a decent job of allowing it to capture IR images. The camera doesn't shoot in B&W, so the images will be captured in shades of red and black, but can be quickly converted to B&W in camera. I've been curious about doing IR photography, but was hesitant to have one of my old DSLR cameras converted to shoot IR. This gives me a convenient way to experiment with IR photos without the expense or hassle of converting a camera. Note - I tested the Pixpro to confirm that it does not have a built in IR blocking filter, so this optical filter works great. However, my understanding is that some cameras have a built in filter that blocks IR wavelengths, so adding this filter will result in a very narrow range of wavelengths to work with and I suspect that the results suffer as a result. I would only recommend this filter for cameras that do NOT have any built in IR blocking filters.
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