Best camera lens matte boxes according to redditors
We found 13 Reddit comments discussing the best camera lens matte boxes. We ranked the 7 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 13 Reddit comments discussing the best camera lens matte boxes. We ranked the 7 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Lumix g7
25mm 1.7
Shoulder Rig (raids are from it as well)
Variable ND
Matte Box
Cage
Could always slap on a matte box and call it a day.
Clients love matte boxes.
/u/artsic67 - it's a pretty good deal, but the regular price is a lot less than $1641 - the same bundle is available for [$499 new] (https://www.amazon.com/Redrock-Micro-Matte-Deluxe-Bundle/dp/B002MSG2NC//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) elsewhere.
That said, $349 may still be overpriced for what it is. Instead, you might want to look at a genuine [Universal Petroff 4x4 Matte Box for $180.49 (shipping included)] (https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Universal-Petroff-4x4-Matte/dp/B0116QOMJQ//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=battleforthew-20) plus a [$40 Petroff Matte Box Support Adapter] (http://petroff.ws/product/mattebox-support-adapter/).
The Petroff P44 is [$380 on their website] (http://petroff.ws/product/mattebox/) and is a steal for $180.49.
Hope this is helpful and good luck finding the right matte box for your needs!
I bought this neat little clip on lens kit from Aukey that has a 15x zoom macro lens. Got some cool pictures of a TINY jumping spider. The green thing he's sitting on is a 1/4" diameter plant stake.
http://imgur.com/a/zeJHW
Pics are cropped with a bit of color correction in Lightroom.
Here are the same pics unedited straight from the phone:
http://imgur.com/a/cwGa1
This is the lens kit I bought: http://www.amazon.com/AUKEY-iPhone-Fisheye-Android-Smartphones/dp/B01AYY835U
The OIS kinda freaks out when you try to use the fisheye lens. The wide angle lens works pretty well and the macro lens works great especially if you use manual focus. You have to get REALLY close (<1") to what you're taking a picture of though.
Man, you'd think they would have addressed that back in the day, like those big Nikon 300's with the 30mm filter slot towards the rear.
The only things I can think of:
Does that integrated hood come off in any way?
You could look into a cinema-style matte box setup with 4x4 (100mm) filters - but the filters themselves might be even more $$ thank the Cokin-style stuff (though the Chinese Cokin knockoffs on eBay are pretty inexpensive. I've tried Chinese 4x4's on my cinema rig, and found they're fine for sharpness and rendering, but as you get into heavier grades of ND there can be color casts). A matte box like that requires a 15mm rod setup, but those have gotten much cheaper these days.
One good thing about the 4x4 is you can build up a collection used of good quality like Tiffens if you're patient. Even though it's a video/cinema rig, I've used it with my RB. Don't know if it would work on a lens that wide without vignetting though.
One other thought would be: I bet there's a dozen guys on APUG who've shot with that lens for a decade or more - might ask over there.