#Startrail affinity full size#
#Startrail affinity upgrade#

Those together would be nearly another $200.Īnother great thing I've noticed while using the Benro Kit is how there is hardly any noticeable color cast.

#Startrail affinity upgrade#

If you went with the Lee System you'd have to buy the 'Professional Upgrade Kit' to be able to fit more than three filters, plus the mounting ring to fit it onto your lens. Basically right out of the box, the FH-100N is ready for three 100mm filters AND an 82mm CPL. One of the many things I like about the Benro set is that it includes not only the 77mm ring adapter to mount it onto your wide angle lens, but also a genius built in 82mm Circular Polarizer Filter mount located behind the slots where the (up to three) 100mm filters go. Other uses are to remove people or traffic in a city scene, or on the shoreline create a mist effect of the water and a painterly effect of fast moving clouds. That allows you to take exposures for many minutes during the day, creating lots of blur. This ND1000 is almost the most powerful you can buy and it blocks so much light you are able to lengthen your exposure by 100x. To achieve that smooth look you must lengthen your exposure to blur the movement of the water. Not silky smooth and relaxing as you might intend your photo to look. The water will be frozen in time, and while you will no doubt have a nice picture of a waterfall the water will look 'sharp'. Imagine shooting a waterfall at a typical daytime exposure of f11, ISO100 and 1/125 seconds. It blocks light getting to your camera sensor so that you can lengthen your exposure during the day to show motion. ***EDIT: I think I should add just what an ND filter does.

Made of 'HD Optical Glass' instead of resin (plastic) **Less prone to scratches, but don't drop it!.

'WMC' Coated to protect against scratches **I think this also helps with the lack of unwanted color cast.

Does not include any kind of carrying case :(Īnd here are the specs on the ND1000 Glass Filter.

Includes three plastic mounts that each hold a 100mm glass or resin filter **they are also removable/customizable.

Includes built in 82mm CPL Adjustment slot.

Made of very sturdy Aircraft Grade Aluminum.In US Dollars that comes out to about $275 after the exchange which isn't too bad for a complete system.īefore we continue, here are some specs on the Benro FH-100N:

The Benro ND1000 retails for $169 and the FH100N for $189 which comes out to $358 NZD. Considering I don't read Chinese and the fact that Google Translate doesn't work that great, I decided to give it a try as I didn't want to wait the nearly two months it was going to take to get a Lee set shipped here.Ĭomparing the Benro set to the Lee Set they come out similarly priced. Before I picked mine up from the local camera shop here in Wellington I scoured the internet trying to find out if it was any good but couldn't find any reviews or much information in general that wasn't in Chinese. I was stuck making the same decision and ended up going for the just released (as of September 2014) Benro FH-100/FH-100N Filter Holder and their new 100mm ND1000 Square Neutral Density Filter which is the equivalent to the Lee Big Stopper.

#Startrail affinity full size#

Once you’ve gotten your edits in Lightroom done, you can export those images as JPEGs and bring them into Photoshop as a smart object, much the same as he did with the video file, and get similar results but with full size finished images.įor more from PiXimperfect, make sure you check out his YouTube Channel.If you're in the market for a new 100x100mm Filter System and are stuck deciding between the well known Lee Filter System and all the other choices from the likes of Benro, Cokin, HiTech, Kood etc then this review is for you. If you are a fan of timelapse work, you can translate many of his steps to working with full-size images in Lightroom. Still, you can get some really great results quickly and easily. The only downside is you will be limited to working JPEGs (unless you shoot RAW video) and your image size will only be your video resolution. Looking at the results here, this is a really stellar trick to getting long exposure images without using the traditional methods. The result will give you blurred motion without changing any parts of the image that remained constant, like buildings, mountains, or other stationary objects.įor a star trail image, follow pretty much the same steps as outlined above, but instead of selecting the Stack Mode of Mean, select Maximum.