Are Expensive Filters Worth It? - K&F Concept - Nano-X - Magnetic Filters - Landscape Photography

[@MHLandscape]

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[@Stainphotography]

Great comparison, I’ve had K&F for a good 3 years now and I think they are excellent. Loved the cold bum image, great work 👍

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks mate, honestly couldn't believe there wasn't any difference in quality, glad you enjoyed it.

[@peterkennington1043]

Nice one Martin I enjoyed the video and loved the cormorant on the rock. Used to go there quite a lot when I had a house in Machynlleth

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks Peter, it's a cracking location, southern Snowdonia needs a lot more exploration I think.

[@lightsandtones]

I swapped over from Nisi square filters to the K&F magnetic. Much less hassle to use them and the whole kit is just so light. I purchased the CPL separately. It comes with an adapter so actually it's not bad as I can use that 2nd adapter permanently on another lens. Nice photos by the way... :)

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks for watching Marcell, glad you liked the images. The K&F is a great system, I too got the CPL separately and glad it came with an extra adapter ring, means I can attach to both my main lenses permanently, looking forward to trying out the rest of the filters over the coming months.

[@GingerCaptures]

Nice one Mr, I've always used the Kase magnetic system, don't think i'd ever change 🙂

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks mate, if you've already got Kase, absolutely stick with it, but for someone new starting out not wanting to spend £££ these will more than do.

[@markpiercephotography]

Lovely morning Martin & really nice images.👌👍

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks Mark, it's a lovely area of Snowdonia, somewhere I want to explore more of this year.

[@garrysugdenphotography]

Great location Martin. I've got a week in Snowdonia booked in February.. might have to hunt this location out for a visit. Love the images too.

[@garrysugdenphotography]

Oh, and forgot to say: I use Kase but Mrs Suggy uses the K&F, so I've been comparing the 2 side by side for a couple of years... conclusion? Wish I'd bought K&F and saved a few pennies to spend on other kit. Having said that, I use 95mm filters and I don't think K&F go that big.

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks Garry, it's a lovely location, while Northern Snowdonia has many great spots South Snowdonia is a bit quieter and has lots of hidden gems.

[@MHLandscape]

Nice to hear from someone who's compared both, the Kase filters are very good still, but I'm not sure they are worth the price tag after comparing. Sadly I think you are right though K&F I believe only go to 82mm

[@churchill378]

I’m using the K&F nano-x series as my main set at the moment and I’ve been very happy with the results I’m getting from them.

[@MHLandscape]

Glad to hear from someone else using them, honestly can't fault them.

[@Colinpowellphotography]

Nice mate. I think I'll stick with my case filters. 👍 Great images, shame I couldn't join you this time around.

[@MHLandscape]

The Kase filters a great still, will be keeping mine, but think I'll be using the K&F as my main ones moving forward. Glad you enjoyed it mate, we should arrange a trip for more of us there soon.

[@carlb401]

I use the Kase K9 kit along with the 6/10/15 stop ND filters, i can't say i have noticed a colour cast to them in the couple of years i have been using them. I moved from Lee to Kase after i managed to break both the Lee little and big stoppers on a rock while down in Cornwall. I went with Kase as Lee gave a colour cast and everyone who had used the Kase square filters had said their was no colour cast.

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks, this makes me wonder if I received a bad copy then, been using the Kase for a while and always had to cool down the images slightly.

[@DanielBennettphotographyuk]

Going off the 2 images side by side mate I'd be more inclined to use K&F for sure, beautiful images as always mate

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks mate, the K&F are a great set 👍

[@DanielBennettphotographyuk]

@MHLandscape I hope to have my verdict in a few weeks mate 🙏

[@kalhana_photography]

Thanks for the comparison. I just ordered a Kase 95mm pro set and then saw this video. Was the colour temperature setting same on both images? Do the K&F also have the magnetic inlaid system so that you can use one step up adapter with different lenses by having inlaid rings on each lens?

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks I was using manual WB on these photos and didn't change settings in-between shots. Also I can use the filters with all my different lenses using step up rings.

[@oneeyedphotographer]

12:43 You should actually try the GND, just so you know. I think the front rotates like the front of a CPL or VND.

[@MHLandscape]

I'll give it a go, but to be honest I always bracket my images anyway and exposure blend.

[@oneeyedphotographer]

@@MHLandscape I don't own one, but some people seem to think they can't do it in post. But since you are tellin use about those filters, ....

[@eltinjones4542]

I gave up on filters several years ago. I have a K&F ND/CPl combo in my bag for water shots but rarely use it I bracket instead of using grads. With IBIS I've almost stopped using tripods but the advantage of said is to hold your composition

[@MHLandscape]

I don't use mine often, sometimes it's fun to do long exposures and sometimes it's good to use a CPL to cut reflections. But I've never used ND grads, much preferring to exposure blend. Tripods while a faff, I like cause they slow me down and help me refine my compositions

[@declanclarke92]

You used the K&F first but the date stamp on the sample images is later than the Kase image. Did you reshoot or have you got them the wrong way around

[@MHLandscape]

Well spotted, quite a while ago now but I recall reshooting after talking to camera.

[@markgilder9990]

I purchased a set of ND X Nano for under £50 (77mm Non magnetic) Really pleased with them.

[@MHLandscape]

Great to hear, they are very good

[@tuftyhill]

Hi Martin I've just ordered the new KASE filter set 🙈 wish I'd waited now as it looks like the K&F can certainly match them. I'd be interested to know how good they are regarding scratches. I can see they are supposed to be scratch proof like the KASE ones. I don't expect you to test that out 😂 Cadar Idris is one that I still haven't climbed. I had hoped to do a wild camp a couple of years ago but the weather turned windy and I didn't fancy being up there in those conditions. Maybe this year

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks for watching Paul, I obviously haven't tested the scratch resistance, but maybe that's where the price for Kase really begins to pay off? Having said that my Kase CPL had a scratch on it after only a couple of uses and still to this day I have no idea how it got there, I tend to baby my gear often a bit too much, so I'm baffled. But I'm absolutely sure you'll love your Kase filters, you've gone for a later version than mine so hopefully the colour cast that I experience is gone and the scratch resistance is better. Cadair is a great walk, me and the wife did itvia the Minfford path about 4 years ago, loved it but it about killed me 😂

[@tuftyhill]

@@MHLandscape I've actually got light scratches on my KASE CPL which is from an older system (possibly the same as yours) and I haven't a clue when that happened. Hopefully the newer version will have more protection. I need to get more climbing done as I've not completed any decent ascent for ages 🤔

[@MHLandscape]

@@tuftyhill hopefully your new Kase will be better. Cadair is a tough one, I found it tougher on the legs than Scafell Pike to be honest, the start of the Minfford path is all steps (big steps) that seem to go on forever before it levels out for a bit.

[@tuftyhill]

@@MHLandscape I hope it's better than Scafell Pike at the top. I found that a proper underwhelming experience when we reached the top 😁 rocks, rocks, rocks

[@MHLandscape]

From memory it's a bit of a rocky top, but not as bad as Scafell, that's just a boulder field

[@JustPlodding]

Im confused by this as I actually think you've mixed up the 2 filters. At 6:38 you put the K&F on first but at 8:18 you are showing the kase as the first photo taken and the K&F as the second, timestamps show this. So did you mislabel the 2 you are comparing at 8:18 in lightroom???

[@MHLandscape]

I haven't mixed anything up, while the video showed me using the K&F first, and kase second, I actually took a third with the K&F after, that's the one I show in the video. Poor continuity on my part.

[@JustPlodding]

@@MHLandscapeahhh that explains it. Consider my confusion resolved👍👍

[@danieljung2810]

Without knowing which one was which, I liked the right one right off the bat.

[@MHLandscape]

Thanks Daniel

[@Fatrabbit29]

You remind me of a guy who works in Wex photo Newcastle

[@MHLandscape]

Not me

[@JerGoes]

I keep looking at K&F filter sets and the thing that has stopped me each time is the inclusion of a pointless filter and lack of an important one, for instance including grad ND but no CPL, or including a UV but no ND1000.

[@MHLandscape]

Completely understand, but then you could add one of those separately and still save money compared to some other manufacturers

[@JerGoes]

@@MHLandscape I could, but then I look at the price of the individual ND1000 or CPL which is nearly half the cost of the full set. Even if they are exceptionally good value compared to a more expensive brand I would never be in the market to buy anyway as an amateur, that feeling of 'that's a bit steep' niggles in the back of my mind and I stick with the set I already have. One day I'll succumb I'm sure but that day isn't today :) great video btw very informative.

[@MHLandscape]

Thank you, I see what you mean, good thing at the minute Kentfaith have 20% off everything if you use the code KFPRIME20 😁

[@JerGoes]

@@MHLandscape After watching your video again, rubbing my chin again, going out this week to photograph a couple of waterfalls and faffing with my screw on Gobe filters I gave in and ordered the NanoX set (and I'll order the CPL separately but the wife doesn't know about that bit...)

[@MHLandscape]

Haha, good to hear, you won't be disappointed, what the wife doesn't know won't hurt her 🤣

[@petecundle5071]

See my house from the drone.😀Nice images.👍

[@MHLandscape]

Great stuff, thank you, you live in a beautiful part of Cymru

[@petecundle5071]

@@MHLandscape Moved here four years ago and feel very lucky.

[@ph4z_]

Why didn’t you mark it as paid promotion, if you’re a K&F affiliate?

[@MHLandscape]

It is and always has been marked as paid promotion.

[@ph4z_]

@@MHLandscapeApologies, must be going blind, I see it now. Thanks for the response.

[@oneeyedphotographer]

U almost never use a CPL. The VND use useful for video and for refining exposure without playing silly buggers with aperture (as Gary gough does) or ISO.

[@MHLandscape]

Good point, I rarely use the CPL, but it's the one lens I can't emulate in post production, so would prefer to have it for those times a photo calls for it, I use VNDs for my video work but might start introducing it to my photography work.

[@robertspeicher5047]

Not judging. But you had to sit for a period of time for each filter. Was the sun " rising" . The light will change even over a few minutes.

[@MHLandscape]

It's a very good point Robert and certainly may explain the difference, but the difference regardless is easily correctable in post.