Can a 5mm thick ring transform a normal filter into a practical tool for fast-paced video production?\u00a0 I’m taking a look at Xume’s Quick-Release Filter Adapters to find out.<\/p>\n
Filters can be very useful for many situations. A polarizer can reveal the deep blacks of an asphalt road hidden by the glare of the sun. ND (neutral density) filters enable stills shooters to use long exposures even in bright sunlight and allow video shooters to maintain an ideal shutter speed under any lighting condition.<\/p>\n
Filters are nice, but they are terrible for fast-paced shooting<\/strong>. To use a filter, it needs to be screwed on, which completely kills your rhythm when shooting stills or video. It’s just as bad when you want to stop<\/em> using a filter because it then needs to be unscrewed before you can resume shooting.<\/p>\n Worse yet, the tiny threads on filters are prone to cross-threading<\/strong>, which basically fuses<\/em> a filter to the lens. If this happens, say goodbye to your fancy $80 CPL– it’s only coming off with a hammer and hacksaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n I’ve experienced all of these momentum-destroying issues (thankfully the filter was only<\/em> a $30 polarizer), so I’ve shied away from using filters as often as I would like to.<\/p>\n Xume Quick Release adapters use the power of magnets<\/strong> to make your filters easy to add and remove from your lens.<\/p>\nXume’s Solution: Magnets?<\/h2>\n