I have 6 filters- I only use the Polar Pro 16ND. Need seem to need the others. Was a waste of $ for me. I live in a sunny climate (Miami). It is either the 16ND or remove it for clouds or dusk, dawn, evenings
Sorry- I forgot to mention, I do have a Mavic 2 Pro. Have not looked at Polar Pro catalogue or on line for Mavic 2 Air ND filters. Nevertheless, my point is, I seem to be getting by with just the single ND16. You can check out my videos- the fND 16 is never taken off unless I am shooting in low light.
Do you think I will have problems with it? Many guys say it doesn't alter the colors.
Foxadriano:I only make 4K videos and as soon as I can I will go to some remote areas of Africa. So both a fixed filter and a VND are fine. I have no experience with drones but I do video editing. I am undecided whether to buy a Polar Pro Mavic 2-5 stop VND filter or Freewell Standard Day - 4K Series. I hope you can give me the right advice.
I like the variable filter more because I often don't have the right time to change the filter. Do you believe that a VND is ok?
Even if people say that a VND is not a polarizer, it consists of 2 polarizers.
EDIT: Dale, I will watch carefully your videos, even if they can't solve my doubt.
Foxy:
In my travels I always have several seasons. I shoot in Africa on red ground, or in the forest of South America (always humid), or on the mountains of Bolvia or Peru. So the PolarPro 2-5 stop VND filter would be the best option for me but .... I don't know if it saturates the colors. I returned the Freewell VND filter because it had a certain color cast and warmed the colors, but not in the right way. Watching some videos on the Internet I noticed that PolarPro VND look better than Freewell for my taste. For this reason I'd like to know from those who use PolarPro VND and also use an simple ND filter.I have never really worried about my Freewell VND filer (non-polarized) capturing with color casts.....I shoot in RAW and JPEG, so with the RAW file(s) I have complete control over the processed result(s).You are a very kind and helpful person. I thank you, but unfortunately my ideas are still confused for some reasons. I don't live in Miami although I'd like to live there.
Thank you. Just trying to help you. I think, if I were in your shoes, that I would go ahead and buy a single varible ND filter 5-9, or higher, although I use 16ND and it does just fine in bright Miami lighting. I have traveled the world, including 12 African safaris (all South and East African countries, much of South America (Galapagpos, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Antarctica), all of Europe, and much of Asia (China x2, Thailand x 2, Viet Nam, Bhutan, Burma (Myanmar), etc. I have only had a drone for the past 3 years (I used it in Madagascar last year) and never felt the need to go higher than 16ND. Some of these people using 32ND, or 256 ND just bewilder me. I guess they are better photographers and they really are shooting for motion blur. If you look at the video I sent showing the Miami Bayfront or Fairchild Tropical Gardens, both were very bright Miami days. I wasted a lot of $$$ on those filters that I hardly ever use. I should have bought them one at a time, but I am looking through my retrospectoscope.You are a very kind and helpful person. I thank you, but unfortunately my ideas are still confused for some reasons. I don't live in Miami although I'd like to live there.
So you should be old like me.Sorry so what is the conclusion here - can you take panos (wide, 180, 360) with VND attached or not? I like taking the odd pano. Returning to base and removing VND negates all the time saving of just using a normal ND and swapping based on light conditions?Yes you can.
This was a test to try out the 360 pan
I know it isn’t at all interesting, it was just a test.
Drag it around with your mouse.
Sorry so what is the conclusion here - can you take panos (wide, 180, 360) with VND attached or not? I like taking the odd pano. Returning to base and removing VND negates all the time saving of just using a normal ND and swapping based on light conditions?Yes you can.
This was a test to try out the 360 pan
I know it isn’t at all interesting, it was just a test.
Drag it around with your mouse.
Sorry to be clear are you categorising the VND as a polariser in this context or do you mean a dedicated polariser filter. Still confused if you can take a pano with a VND or not as if not it seems a huge limitation
