As stated before, the kit included 11 filters and a lens filter holder. Out of the 11, one was not in good shape from my ebay seller. I quickly emailed him and stated one was defective. He politely asked me to send a picture and I did within minutes. To make sure it was defective of course. The one that was dead upon shipping was a red soft surround filter. It had two major scratches on it where if I was focused correctly could mess with some exposures. This is what it looked like. Given I had to get the angle right to see it.
I don't think that if I was shooting in a certain distance it would effect my shots much, but given the length of time I had to wait and the hiatus in being excited about getting my cameras out, I felt that saying something to the seller was in order. He quickly emailed me back and gave me a partial refund on my purchase, knocking my cost of the kit down from the original $25 to about $22 dollars.
Without hesitation. I checked if it had gone into my account and got two lens cap leashes for my other cameras. Which in total were $3 dollars. Instead of $4 dollars a piece.
This is why when I purchase anything online its good to get something from a seller that has a 99% user rating or higher. The guy was quick to refund me as soon as I gave him proof of the product being screwed up. I also rated him the highest after the transaction as I could. Always always always give positive feedback for people who treat you good. You might have to order things from them again. And they will remember you too by the way.
Enough about the ebay junk right. I was excited about the soft surround filters the most. Not so much the color ones though. Used in the right setting they can make a shot. And I have done the research. I was quick to use the gray soft surround thinking it could do justice to the mask inside my 135BC.
I was not let down. I used it for a majority of my shots done on this roll. The colors ones I used were eh. The gray was nice though. Very subtle at varied distances. Dramatic in some others. Blurring out everything but the main object in the focal point. I was not too particularly hot on the color ones for the situation I was in. I love low light level shots, only using the sun. I have yet to venture into hotshoe territory. And I was doing shots around dusk. To experiment with the mask and filters. So the color ones shouldn't really been employed at the setting I was shooting in. I was just anxious to use some of them and to mix it up.
135 BC with blue soft surround. The distance I was shooting and had it set to made the clear area and the rim of color super dominate. Not like what I was looking to do.
135BC with gray soft surround. This was what I was aiming for. The rim of the filter is almost non existent.
135BC with gray soft surround. Same thing. The gray one is easy to see that it doesn't make the edge of the color/clear iris noticeable. This one was more forgiving so to say. But then again I cant really be judgmental about the color ones yet given I didn't give it a proper chance in the right environment.
Although. All of the shots I took today made the mask inside my camera seem more worthy. The lens filters tend to restrict the amount of light going into the corners and makes the mask in the 135BC stand out. All of them were darker more intense and more artsy. Which is really what anyone would be going for anyways if they decided to get a Holga. Right?
You can view all of the pictures on my personal site at: www.myspace.com/meierphoto
Very excited about this new addition to the simple point and shoot way of taking pictures. Now I got a while before I can say I even know what I'm doing (Other than experimenting) with these filters.
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