Freewell Magnetic ND Filters Review | BEST Budget ND Filters 2023?

Freewell magnetic ND filters are a quick swap filter system for reducing light coming into your camera. They can be used for a number of purposes. In this video I'll be using the Freewell magnetic ND filters specifically for long exposure photography. I believe the 6, 10 and 16.5 stop ND filters cover you for long exposure photography right throughout the day. I test for color cast, vignetting, ease of use and overall end results after post processing.

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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Freewell Magnetic Quick Swap ND Filters
04:56 Out In Field Test Results
12:15 My Final Thoughts On The Filters

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© Adrian Alford.

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[adrianalfordphotography]

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[nightscapeimages.richard]

Great video Adrian. I have a few of the Freewell magnetic ND filters for my video work . .they're great.

[dennisfrederick]

Great informative video, thanks for the detailed overview.

[Moshe_FA]

Thanks a lot Adrian for this fabulous and very thorough review

[bvaldes]

Awesome review Adrian when you mentioned to get step up rings didn’t know about the one from freewell. Thank you for sharing my friend.

[christian.irmler]

Hi Adrian, a great video, buddy :) Oh yes, magnetic filters are such a big advantage. The thing that I totally underestimated is the color coding. But that's even a massive advantage. You know, I switched over to new filters, which have colorized rings. And I have to say: I never missed that before for many years, because I simply didn't think about that. But as soon as you start using that, it makes things really so much easier out on location in the dark. It's definitely not the most important feature of a filter, but it's good.
By the way, your shot at ~12:00 is an absolutely killer shot. Great work, Adrian :)
Enjoy your weekend,
Christian

[tonytfuntek]

Great idea on the color coding...I still utilize the "old school" Cokin system and added a little strip of tape on the corners of the filter to indicate how many stops the ND the filter is. I used the universal electrical resistor color code...Red = 2 stops, Yellow = 4 stops etc. I do like the magnetic filter system, no more filter removal wrench is needed. Thank you

Great review Adrian, Freewell do so many ND filters now and they are very good quality. Great idea with the magnetic filters, so quick and easy. Many thanks for sharing the info and have a great weekend :)

[CliftonTicehurst]

Brilliant review as always Adrian 👌 Great sample shots especially the B&W👌 Thanks for sharing mate 👍 Cheers, Cliff

[JohnHPettigrewFujishooter]

Great review mate, looks like a good system, I like that you can pick and mix, thanks as always for sharing.

[slimbirdy]

Fabulous and very thorough review. Awesome that you can pick your own set to match your own photography - good thinking by the company. Great set of examples to show what they can do and final sunset shot was stunning.

[paulcookphotography]

Great review Adrian! Those look like pretty decent filters. Having filters that give off very little in the way of blue color cast is such a plus. I don't know how Lee Filters has survived all of this time with the horrible blue cast they give off. I agree that all filter companies really need to start color coding their filters. That, combined with the magnets everyone seems to be going with nowadays, would make for such wonderful ease of use. I still use my square filters and absolutely love them, but the magnetic filters really come in handy when traveling or when shooting in tough conditions such as high winds or rain. By the way, that pier image was an absolute banger! Great stuff as always my friend. Hope you are doing well and having a great week!

[peterviragphoto]

Great in depth review mate. Looks like they have a great set of filters. Cool that you can put your own kit together as well. The image quality seems awesome with them, definitely no degradation of IQ! You got some beautiful sample shots, the sky was on fire 😍🔥 cheers

[PhilThach]

Nice video and test, Adrian! I always enjoy your reviews. I have a question. When you are doing these extremely long exposures, do you find that you get hot pixels in your images? I don't do extremely long exposures often but usually, when I do, I get hot pixels that I have to remove. This is with Nikon and Canon gear. Thanks!

[isoawe]

Thanks for info. Have you tried any of their other filters or just ND? Thanks.

[kjd]

Boy, I'd like to see $350USD+ as "budget", but I'm just starting out and that's almost as much as I paid for my Lumix G7. I was hoping for more "budget-budget." (If these are "budget, " how much are top of the line filters???)