p.1 #1 · Anyone try the Kase KW Revolution 82mm filters with the 16-35 GM II?
Super specific question but I think this is the place to ask.
As the subject says, I’m wondering if anyone has tried the 82mm Kase KW Revolution filters (the new, thinner ones) with the 16-35 GM II. I’m wondering if at 16mm, I’ll see mechanical vignetting if I stack two filters. I think I will with three but I don’t really see myself stacking that many.
I’m looking for an excuse to stay with the 82mm size since I prefer to slap the filters on before I pack the camera into my bag. I think it wouldn’t pack as cleanly if I have a 95mm filter on a step up ring.
I want to just be able to grab and place camera on the tripod without having to screw on filters while in the field.
The Kase website gives recommendations on which filter size should be used with certain lenses. The 16-35 GM is listed but I don’t know if it applies to the Mk I or Mk II version. Also, one table has 82mm as the recommended filter, and another table shows 95mm.
I’m aware there are new, combined ND+CPL filters for 3- and 6-stop versions but I haven’t seen any reputable reviews and I would be using the 10-stop the most, I think, which doesn’t come as a combined filter.
p.1 #2 · Anyone try the Kase KW Revolution 82mm filters with the 16-35 GM II?
With the 16-35 GM mkI at 16 mm you can have one 82 mm Kase Revolution filter IF you use the screw in magnetic filter holder. Two filters starts to vignette. So does the standard magnetic holder with one filter. Zooming in a little remedies that.
p.1 #3 · Anyone try the Kase KW Revolution 82mm filters with the 16-35 GM II?
lattesweden wrote:
With the 16-35 GM mkI at 16 mm you can have one 82 mm Kase Revolution filter IF you use the screw in magnetic filter holder. Two filters starts to vignette. So does the standard magnetic holder with one filter. Zooming in a little remedies that.
Can't answer for how it work with the GMII.
Thanks, that’s what I was afraid of. I don’t plan on using the inlaid filter so I think that settles it for me. Going with 95mm to be on the safe side.
p.1 #6 · Anyone try the Kase KW Revolution 82mm filters with the 16-35 GM II?
Hodie wrote:
Yes, the kit with the 10-stop. I don’t foresee myself stacking more than two filters and never two ND filters. Just CPL and ND.
I'd been recently trying to decide on 82 vs. 95 also, and here's what I came up with. Maybe it will help, maybe not. The lens I was most concerned with was the Fuji GF 20-35. The angle of view at the wide end is about 108 degrees (just about the same as your Sony 16-35). Like you, I have no intention of stacking two ND filters, so my concern was vignetting with a CPL and ND stacked. But then it hit me that CPLs get kind of weird when the lens AOV is more than 80 or 90 degrees, so there's no way I would ever use the CPL+ND combo at the wide end. Once I got past that, the convenience of the 82 set won out easily.
p.1 #7 · Anyone try the Kase KW Revolution 82mm filters with the 16-35 GM II?
mmm55 wrote:
I'd been recently trying to decide on 82 vs. 95 also, and here's what I came up with. Maybe it will help, maybe not. The lens I was most concerned with was the Fuji GF 20-35. The angle of view at the wide end is about 108 degrees (just about the same as your Sony 16-35). Like you, I have no intention of stacking two ND filters, so my concern was vignetting with a CPL and ND stacked. But then it hit me that CPLs get kind of weird when the lens AOV is more than 80 or 90 degrees, so there's no way I would ever use the CPL+ND combo at the wide end. Once I got past that, the convenience of the 82 set won out easily.
Yeah, that’s a great point! My use of the CPL would mostly be with water scenes and not so much with the sky when using at 16mm. Would the CPL’s effect also impact non-sky scenes (glare on rocks or reflection on water) at the wide end?
p.1 #8 · Anyone try the Kase KW Revolution 82mm filters with the 16-35 GM II?
Hodie wrote:
My use of the CPL would mostly be with water scenes and not so much with the sky when using at 16mm. Would the CPL’s effect also impact non-sky scenes (glare on rocks or reflection on water) at the wide end?
The effect wouldn't change, but the result would. My opinion (and it's only that) is that random scattering and reflection off of rocks and moving water would make it unlikely you'd notice a difference across your wide field of view. However, if your subject is (or includes) an expanse of flat water then I think you would see it. Whether it matters to you or not is another story.
p.1 #10 · Anyone try the Kase KW Revolution 82mm filters with the 16-35 GM II?
Hodie wrote:
I ended up getting the 82mm filters. Thanks to those that responded here!
I have the 82mm KASE revolution set and am trying to decide which UWA lens to get for landscape.
Clearly the FE 16-35 F2.8 GMII is a fantastic landscape lens, a bit pricy, but I realy don't like the idea of spending another EUR 500 on a new set of filters specifically for this lens.
I regularly stack 2 filters (ND + CPL) to smoothen water.
What is your experience: does the FE 16-35 F2.8 GMII indeed vignette with two 82mm KASE Revolution filters stacked?
p.1 #11 · Anyone try the Kase KW Revolution 82mm filters with the 16-35 GM II?
Michel85 wrote:
I have the 82mm KASE revolution set and am trying to decide which UWA lens to get for landscape.
Clearly the FE 16-35 F2.8 GMII is a fantastic landscape lens, a bit pricy, but I realy don't like the idea of spending another EUR 500 on a new set of filters specifically for this lens.
I regularly stack 2 filters (ND + CPL) to smoothen water.
What is your experience: does the FE 16-35 F2.8 GMII indeed vignette with two 82mm KASE Revolution filters stacked?
It's been a while since I had the FE 16-35 F2.8 GMII, but when I used it with the Kase filters for some forest photos, I did not notice any vignetting. Overall, Kase filters have been excellent. I have a set of 49mm filters I use with my Voigtlander lenses.
