install a UV filter on all my lenses. Turns out my 70-300 flew naked!! So I chose this 67mm filter to protect the front elements. I do a lot of travel shooting as well as weddings and protection from bumps and such is key. It's far cheaper to replace a filter than an entire lens! This filter element offers a neutral passage while protecting the front glass and the threads of the expensive lens. Recommended!

install a UV filter on all my lenses. Turns out my 70-300 was flying naked!! That's why I chose this 67mm filter to protect the front elements. I do a lot of travel shooting as well as weddings and protection from impacts and such is key. It is far cheaper to replace a filter than an entire lens! This filter element provides a neutral passage while protecting the front glass and threads of the expensive lens. Recommended!

I got this for several of the 52mm lenses I have. It threads on smoothly with no wobble and is made of nice, thick plastic.

One of these lenses is a 18-55mm zoom used on a Nikon DSLR with an APS-C format sensor. The manufacturer’s description says not to use this hood on any lens with a wider field of view than 25mm to avoid vignetting (darkening of the edges of the photo). The crop factor for Nikon APS-C sensors is 1.5x, so at 18mm this lens has a field of view comparable to 27mm on a full frame digital camera or a standard 35mm film camera which is usually used as the reference when describing the field of view of lenses attached to cameras which evolved from 35mm film cameras. Look it up to get a better idea of what I’m talking about if you don’t already know. I’m not that keen on it myself.

Anyway, 27mm is uncomfortably close to 25mm so I ran some test shots of an evenly lit yellowish blank wall with the Nikon to check for any vignetting. The camera viewfinder is not 100% accurate so I had to go with the actual pictures. I found no noticeable vignetting at 18mm as long as the hood was oriented with the two largest “petals” pretty close to 12 and 6 o’clock. I found that to achieve the no-vignette at this position, the hood needed to be screwed in all the way – meaning that the lock ring had to be all the way snugged up to the body of the hood. A partial rotation of the ring to secure the hood with the petals at the correct position was okay, but even a few full “backwards” rotations of the lock ring which prevented the hood being screwed down as far as possible started giving me some vignetting.

Even locked down to the right position to start off there’s a slight rotation of the front of the lens to achieve proper focusing (unless you have one of those expensive lenses that have internal focusing), but the movement is fairly minor and didn’t give me any trouble. You probably will have trouble, though, if you screw the hood onto a filter and then try to shoot at 18mm! If using a zoom lens you could cancel any vignette by just selecting a slightly longer focal length at which to shoot.

Apologies for going on, but the take-away is that you shouldn’t have vignette issues using this hood at 18mm on a APS-C format camera. Canon has a 1.6x crop factor which puts you even farther from the 25mm danger zone. If you have a full frame format digital or a 35mm film camera, you would have major issues at 18mm. So, then don’t use any focal length under the 25mm mentioned. Of course, if you are using a zoom lens, you can use it fine at focal lengths greater than 25mm.

I don’t need to penalize this hood by taking away stars as it seems to be well made and does its job very inexpensively.

For the price you really can't go wrong with this bag.

Why I bought it: Because I bought a second camera body (Nikon Z6) to complement my D750 and also bought an additional lens (70-200 f2.8 G2) to complement my trusty 24-70 f2.8 Tamron add to. This meant my existing Lowepro bag just wasn't big enough to carry my entire kit. I've tried a few different bags, including some more expensive options, but all of them didn't hit the sweet spot.

What was important to me:
1. Can carry 2 cameras with built-in lenses. Nikon Z6+70-200 f2.8 lens. + D750 with Tamron 24-70 f2.8

2. Easy side access for main camera

3. Enough space for all other bits like extra lens caps, batteries, chargers etc.

4. Tripod mount on the side

So far I'm very happy with the bag. The quality is better than I expected considering the price and the fact that it's not a well-known brand (at least for me). The zippers feel tight. The seams on the seams look good. The traps don't feel sticky like some other cheap options. The padding in the bag is similar to my Lowepro bag padding.

In summary: Great value for the price if your needs align with mine and you don't feel too bad about the brand name.

Please let me know if you found my review helpful.

It is a very light tripod (I would say 2.5 lbs at most). It works great with my Nikon mirrorless with a 70 200mm telephoto lens.

The adapter ring is perfect. But of course everything is mechanical, I use it with my nx300 and a Sigma 70-300 lens (Canon mount).

I love this 77mm ND filter that fits perfectly with my Nikon 70-200 f2.8. I use step-up rings for other lenses like my 85mm f1.4. The ease of use is phenomenal and it glides so effortlessly. I love this filter. I would recommend it to anyone to push it down to the darkest, open the aperture wide and take a long exposure during the day for amazing results. Enjoy!

This is my fourth, Vine and purchase of K&F filters after my first Vine listing. I found that it is a quality filter. I got this for the Tamron 70-300 that I got on Amazon a month ago. I didn't realize this one also came with a UV and had already gotten one. I used to only get B+W in my working days, but in retirement I have to budget more carefully. I've found that these K&F are virtually indistinguishable from them and these are now my filters.