I recently took a trip to Tulum and used it everywhere we traveled. It was able to fit alongside my carryon and was super lightweight. Definitely recommend.

Super versatile, lightweight and great photos. I bought this for my daughter for her trip to New York and for the price, I am thrilled with the quality of the photos.

recently took a trip to Tulum and used it everywhere we traveled. It was able to fit alongside my carryon and was super lightweight. Definitely recommend.

This "K&F Concept 77mm True Color Variable Fader" is quite a well designed and constructed filter. It is a "twofer" in so far as it combines both a Neutral Density (ND) and a Circular Polarizing (CPL) filters into one easy to use screw-on device. The build quality is impressive, as have been the majority of K&F filters I've ordered over the last two year. Further, the filter comes packed in a leather case with a pull-out tab to slide the filter out for use.

If forced to find a fault it would only be that I wished the filter went further in its light reducing abillities. Having said that about its ND2 to 32 range, I must also heap praise on the filter for the orange finger putters which allow you to move the filter in gradual amounts instead of only being able to set the filter on full stops. Thus the combination of the CPL function (which cuts out reflections from water or stray light from unwanted directions) together with the ND function (which diminishes the amount of light entering onto the camera's sensor thereby allowing longer exposures) provides the ability to get smooth shots of such things as moving water without suffereing any glare from reflections.

The K&F brand of filters, as a whole and specifically this "K&F Concept 77mm True Color Variable Fader," are well made photographic filters that are true to size and perform their intended effect well. Comparing this filter to similar filters from other makers leaves me with the definite thought that for the cost, fit and effect the K&F filters perform quite well. This filter, specifically, is an impressive filter at a reasonable price and I think it is, if not a spectacular build, definitively better than the average. As such I think that the "K&F Concept 77mm True Color Variable Fader" is unquestionably a strong 4 star product which deserves a place at or near the top of anyone's comparison shopping list.

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1 star. This is the absolute lowest I can go and is a definite recommendation against being purchased.
2 stars. Less than average - having issues that I try to delineate in my review. I personally would not pay for this item.
3 stars. Average - neither great nor terrible. It will do the job it is supposed to do but without any obvious good or bad issues.I might or might not buy this item depending on the severity of my need or want.
4 stars. While the product is better than average it is not an excellent product. I would probably buy this product.
5 stars. Enough above average that it exceeds my expectations of how the product would and should perform. A product getting this rating is highly recommended.

Further middle ratings: The above explanation is the base of the recommendations I give in a review. Some ratings are further rated as soft (1/2 star below), solid (the star rating given) or strong (1/2 star above)

Great little filter made specifically for Cinematic effect.
I'm a professional photographer. I had written a rather lengthy 5 star review, but it was rejected for reasons I am not aware of. I recommend this filter if you are looking to soften the visual impact of your photos and video.

The filter has the size of 10x10cm, weighs 47.5 gr and is 2mm thick, so it matches the filter holder from the same company. Made of anti-reflective glass, it allows to eliminate the noise caused by artificial lights (that is, the yellow part that appears below in the photos of the Milky Way, due to the city's artificial lights). The difference without the filter is noticeable, although a good post-production process will keep the artificial light while the filter is fully cut. With long exposures for the Milky Way, the amount of light captured by the sensor decreases slightly, but the raw power is rich in information and makes it possible to recover the Milky Way and the whole starry sky. It's possible to overcome this (i.e. capture more light) by using a tracker star or taking multiple shots (in my case, without a tracker star, with an f2.8 to 11mm, the max time to not getting the movement of stars is 30seconds). Even in the city it does its job eliminating that yellowish gradient in the sky and bringing out the beauty of the night lights.

Delivery time was faster than I expected, received them after a week from New Zealand. I love the packing style which brings to customers a professional attitude. Thank you for that and I will buy more products later on. :D

You can also use the hood with this adapter with NEW non-locking FD mount lenses. After attaching the lens to the adapter, if you turn the LOCK-OPEN ring on the adapter to LOCK, the aperture stop will move in accordance with the aperture ring on the lens. The same applies to FD mount lenses, which have a locking mechanism. It is therefore an adapter that can be used with aperture both for FD and NEW FD whether there is a locking mechanism or not.