So video received a lot of attention over the last few weeks.

Doing exactly what I recommend you do not do, I bought filters in the biggest size of lenses I was using at the time (62mm) and had a couple of older 72mm ones. 62mm is not a size that would cover full frame lenses or bigger zooms, so I have ended up with a real (literal) mixed bag of filters and stepping rings. All 72mm’s probably would have been better.

As it goes though, with my mat boxes and the set ring sets they give you, duplicates and options may be handy.

The sensible thing I did was buy two Smallrig Mini Mat Box Lite’s because you get the second mat box for only about $25 more than the adapter ring set alone. Smallrig would really help us out with separate adapter rings even at premium prices.

I now have 5x 67mm lenses, 2-3x 62mm and various smaller ones, so getting 1x 67/72/77/82 per mat box or 1x 52/55/58/62/86 in the optional set, you have to fiddle a bit and pretty much guarantee some waste, but with a little out of the (mat) box thinking, I have managed to cover all of my dedicated video lenses with adapter rings via stepping rings. Even the little 43mm (Pen F 25) and 39mm (TTArt 35) lenses get one. I only have a half dozen wasted rings for 77/82/86mm lenses and who knows.

My filter sets are semi-standardised at 62, 67 and 72 with a few 46mm ones (really small lenses look odd with really big filters). They are a mix of VND, ND, Pol, 1/8 and 1/4 Black Mist type (various) and a cheap Blue Streak.

Wins have been the Smallrig basic cage for the S5, which is a tight, slim and logical fit, the mat boxes and the cheap blue streak filter from China I grabbed for &25au. Using the logic that a home brew blue streak is a couple of pieces of fishing line stretched across the lens, I felt a cheap filter would add enough of the effect and maybe some other cool flare effects for minimal harm and it looks like that is right. The blue streak are really the only bit of the Anamorphic puzzle I am missing, but did not want to go over board, becasue I feel I will use it sparingly.

The filter looks fine, adds something and came in a really nice filter box, possibly only bettered by the K&F ones.

Failures to one degree or another ar the bulk of the legacy lens adapters because it turns out the the MD lens is a dud (massive, disfunctional flare at wide apertures) and the PK adapter was a dud also (another one coming). I have resolved to just stick to the Lumix S range for the S5 with the 35 TTArt for personal projects and see how the PK 50 goes. I will however be buying with super 35 APS-C format in mind.