There is so much to talk about, with the K&F Magnetic Filter Kit, it's hard to know where to start! To be brief, this kit - as with other products offered by K&F - is top of the line! Suburb quality, attention to detail and truly innovative designs, makes for a company that is going to continue to bring magic to the industry!

The case - the actual case! - is a model of creative design and function meeting with form. The outer material is a grey/blue colour, and has a look of denim. Accent stitching is in orange - other stitching is black. Opening the case require lifting a large central flap, and then running a single headed zipper all around the outside. It is one of those designs where the the ends of the zipper runs, park onto the forth side. This means never having any stress on the zipper. Smart! Unlike most zippers, this one has a shield running along both teeth. The reason is to reduce possible water intrusion through the traditional holes between zipper teeth. Smart again!

The flap? If you forget to zip up the pouch, you can quickly fold down the flap and it will hold the contents firmly. The flap works with a magnetic clasp, and will not allow the pouch contents to spill out. Smart X3!

The back of the pouch has a loop for threading you belt through, or you can open the loop up as it is formed with velcro. By doing that, you can secure the pouch to something that you can't run through the opening - like a pole, for example. And above this velcro strap, the is a a nice, thick "D-ring" attached to the pouch. A simple clip will hold the pouch secure. Too many smart ideas to keep track of...!

There are leather bits of trim on the outside and a wonderful interior of four expanding pouches, made of a very smooth nylon like material. The bright colour makes it easy to see into each pouch and it is easy to retrieve any item you want. And that just the features and care that went into the pouch!!

I have a few dozen 4X5" filters for our video camera. Some are effect filters, some for colour correction, some grads for pulling in the sky, and on and on. I have a pretty good idea of filters and their uses, and have been doing this for almost fifty years. Let me state, that the quality and care that K&F puts into their product, is nothing short of amazing. (And "no", I don't work for them in any way!)

The kit presented here, is for image control and enhancement. With this kit, you can adjust for reflections, pull down the bright sky, open up the aperture and soften an image.

As with the great case, the filters - holder and lens cap, too - the quality is just amazing. You have terrific ideas that are well executed, and simple features - such as the optical glass - that is simply of the highest quality.

You first screw in the "baseplate" of the system - a black powered coated steel ring that attaches to the front of your lens. Talk about small details that are amazing - rather than having this ring with a complete knurled surface, it uses a unique placement I have not seen before. On the edge of this ring, the edge between the top of the ring and the front surface, and they have cut a very fine detail of lines. This is something you really have to look for. But it provides you with a gripping aid, when you want to remove this ring. Beautifully done!

Of the three glass filters, you have some different ways to change your image. For example, you have up to 10 stops of light reduction by using the ND option. This means you need to slow down you shutter, which can a big effect on your image. You can use the filer pack to cut reflections for light striking objects at a certain angle (water, windows...) And you have a terrific softening filter - a 1/4 Black Diffusion.

The Black Diffusion will take off, some of that "too crisp" look. These filters were used a lot in the earlier days of video production, to try and achieve a more "film look", over the hard edge of video. They might not be used a much today, due to increased options in the cameras themselves, but many of the "old guard", still like to use the repeatable insertion of an optical glass filter. (I'll raise my hand here...)

And I will have to apologize again. I did not mean to make this into an image making class. Or to go on for so long! Going back to the filter pack by K&F, it truly is a terrific kit. It is very high quality - not only the hardware, but the glass as well. I know the kit is not cheap, but you need to remember that this is a kit you will have for years. As long as your filter size of your lens remains the same!

Bottom Line - Wonderful kit! Feature rich in every aspect! Not inexpensive, but worth the price of admission!