Freewell Magnetic VND Filter Kit

Freewell has introduced what it calls the world’s first ‘versatile’ magnetic variable ND. We’ve seen magnetic filter systems before – including one from the same manufacturer in the form of the Freewell Quick-swap Magnetic Filter System. And we’ve seen magnetic VND filters, too. So what makes these so special? It’s that ‘versatile’ bit. Other magnetic VND kits are only special because they’re magnetic; the VND filters themselves are, in every other way, just regular filters. Freewell’s filters, however, are expertly engineered double-duty filters that serve multiple purposes. Screw the magnetic VND Base onto your lens and you’ve got 1 f-stop as standard. Now you can snap on a magnetic 2-5 stop filter, or a 6-9 stop filter. However, there’s more to these filters than meets the eye. Flip the 2-5 stop VND filter around and it becomes a circular polarizer; flip the 6-9 stop VND around and it becomes an ND32 polarizer. Want a glow mist filter? Simply pop out the 1-stop glass in the VND Base, replace it with the Mistxvnd Base and you get a 1/8 diffusion filter. You can hybridize your filters, too, and shoot using the glow mist filter with a variable neutral density, or with a circular polarizer. The Freewell Magnetic VND Filter Kit is available in 58mm, 62mm, 67mm, 72mm, 77mm and 82mm threads. FIRST IMPRESSIONS If you’re a run-and-gun shooter or solo videographer, you no longer need to carry multiple filter kits – the Freewell Magnetic VND Filter Kit gives you everything in one.