NiSi SWIFT | The perfect VND filter... with a catch!

Is the NiSi Swift VND filter system the perfect variable neutral density filter? With 9 stops, it just might be.
You can find the filter here:
nisioptics.co.uk/product/nisi...
If anyone is wondering why this video talks about Christmas like it was only a few weeks ago, it's because I got sick and lost my voice for about 8 weeks when making this video and had to record it in two parts.
LUTS
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CAMERAS
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[@filipmichalsaffray441]

Hey nice video😊It is on my list ir cut is a must for Blackmagic cameras…btw I retried after almost one year gyro stabilisation and I notice with resolve beta 18.5.3 it is working much better did you notice any significant improvement?tried with 4K and ciné Lens and 6K 18-35 sigma? Or maybe my hand are more stable anyway nice channel…still on edge S5iiX or 6K pro or G2…

[@ChristopherMichaelLaw]

I haven't used it for a while. If it's improved, that's great. I'll have to test it out again. The S5iiX looks like a cool camera ( id like to test it out) but it's more of a hybrid camera then cinema - that's not to say it can't do great video. I think if you need in anyway the specs a hybrid camera offers then you should go with that - if you want to use it as a cinema camera you can rig it up do that but you can't rig the 6K Pro to act like a hybrid camera.

[@shantanu.mp4]

great video! but is it magnets? I thought it was just a tension based system (which imo has some pros over magnets as well)

[@ChristopherMichaelLaw]

You are correct. Don’t know where I got magnets from, my bad. I’ll update the description. It may also explain why after using for some more time the lens hood has developed a habit of falling off.

[@shantanu.mp4]

@@ChristopherMichaelLaw as in the cover? or the actual lens hood? because if the filter cover is starting to fall off I may be a bit concerned, I don't know if I'm a fan of that, I just ordered the filter.

[@ChristopherMichaelLaw]

Sorry, I didn't explain that very well. The plastic lens cap that covers the front of the filter has fallen off twice since I made the video, both on the same shoot. It hasn't happen again. Maybe I just hadn't put it on properly or maybe I'd knocked it loose or something, hard to tell.

[@KrishnenduKes]

Looks like you may have a problem with a matte box.

[@bonzology322]

These are the best vnd on the market for image, the slip fit is super annoying and renders these useless to me, you cant use the mist or the ir/uv without the vnd first! that is complete rubbish, i'm surprised you don't see that as a flaw

[@ChristopherMichaelLaw]

You can use the ir/uv or mist filter without the vnd. That's what the adaptor in the caddy is for - maybe I didn't fully explain that, if so that's my bad. You screw it on like a step-up ring and then the filters magnetically attach to it.