If you like the idea of having am Drop-in Filter Adapter for E-mount cameras you can now join the crowfunding project at Indiegogo (Click here):
OWL combines camera adapter and exchangeable filter. User can change filters in a quick and convenient way during filming or photographing. It advances your workflow and cost saving. From now, you just need to prepare one filter to fit all your lenses. You will definitely have a total new experience in photography.
There are also two reviews of the OWL:
1. “The build quality looks and feels excellent and all parts are made from aluminium. The adapter lens mounts look high quality and durable, no lens wiggle here.” by Wim Arys https://www.wimarys.com/deo-tech-owl-filter-adapter-review/
2. “It has potentially less reflection and flaring than most front mounted filter ” by Nitsan Simantov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL4JuXaCsc4
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this is very interesting. I’m just curious to the quality of the filters
He said no lens wiggle 🙂 so it is better that Sony’s mount
You can put any 52mm filter on the mount, which means you can buy your favorite brand (B+W..etc) and drop it into the filter system.
nevermind, i see you can put any 52mm filter!
Interesting, but How can you rotate CPL filter? I am curious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXdYSLkBXJ0
OWL is an innovating product but they forgot to integrate the electronic contacts 😉 during design process
Please explain?
Like canon drop in polarizer, they will probably create a dedicated polarizer filter which will expose a little dial to rotate.
I find it interesting that they use the infinity symbol AND their tagine is ‘focus on infinity’ yet they don’t mention how they get around infinity focus issues with using such an adapter with filters behind the lens. Interesting product, but there WILL be focus issues using these with just any filter you want.
Infinity issues occur when you remove filter glass, not the reverse. When you insert a filter, you’re moving minimum focus point further.
Err what? You will have focus issues when you remove a filter from a system / lens designed for a filter, you will have issues adding a filter for ones that don’t (just look at the visioflex fader ND adapter) which can be compensated for, but is very difficult when you have no control of what filters people will use…
Canon drop in filter in some lenses, like new 200-400, has a piece of glass inside the filter holder, presumably to correct for infinity. I assume OWL will need to do something similar.
Yes, but one is a multi billion dollar optics company and one is not. Yes they will need to do something, but have they?
Why can’t we have all such nice things natively?
A mirrorless camera could use much smaller (and cheaper) filter, e.g. aps-c ones about 24×16 mm
So…how many could you stack at a time?
I believe only one and only one at a time and the filter cannot be too thick or too large.
lol
I ordered, one weeks ago. I don’t think there will be any focus issue when using manual focus. just the focus marks not correct when you focus infinity and the minimum focus distance is differ. I believe infinity should not really an issue especially when using ultra wide.
Just another adapter to fit on an adapter..then the lens…all on a miniature point and shoot camera.
Some people will buy anything just because it’s the latest thing. Wait ’till they get fed up of shooting inanimate objects and want to shoot something moving, then everybody will be complaining about Sony not properly supporting the best cameras they ever made..The A77ii and the A99.
I don’t agree on the A99…but the A77II- it’s the best camera Sony makes right now.
A77II right now. And the a900 the best since ever
Love this E-Mount system that encourages togs to buy Canon lenses… Smooove Move.
How’s that working out for ya Sony?
Well said
It encourages people to shoot EF lenses without aperture control, or (the far wiser choice) adapt their non-EF manual lenses to Canon mount.
Seems to me that this applies to a very small set of people. Great if you are only shooting with Manual focus dslr lenses but no use if you also use rangefinder lenses. Those using Af lenses will often want electric adapters. I will stick with my 58mm and 72mm filters and a bunch of converters. Seems like a lot of people will just end up with owl filters plus some standard ones.
You do not need to share this adaptor to all your lenses. Just in case you have something like Nikon 14-24mm, samyang 14mm, canon 11-24mm, etc, then it will already help save a lot for just using this for one or two lenses. Before that you may only use Fanotec or othe more expensive options if you want to use filters on those ultra wide.
A good use case but most of us can’t justify a converter for a single lens. There are those for whom it will be a great buy but I think they are rare. I have two lenses which won’t take normal filters but they have two differing mounts and only one is supported. The Nikon lens would not justify the expense, especially when the filters only work on the A7 and not the native body.
Don’t think it’s a bad idea, just niche!
If you do a survey how expensive of other expensive filter options (they still survive with much more expensive, bulky, less choice of filter and not user friendly) then you know it is not that niche.
If you have something samyang 14mm lenses that cannot use standard filter, then you may consider this instead of those 145mm option.
If you have something LIKE samyang 14mm lenses that cannot use standard filter, then you may consider this instead of those 145mm options.
One more time please.
How much it costs to put electronic contacts ( pin or wires) which cross the adapter from one side to the other one and allow to keep all controls of the lens ;)… This adapter is an excellent concept but it s unfinished in my opinion coz it innovates in one side and make us lose great features on the other side. I wonder what they think about in the R&D services of such companies 😉 or what they are paid for if they did not think of that problem
They just can’t simply put electronic contacts, because it accepts non E-mount lenses, so they have to reserve engineer both protocols and install a microcontroller, difficult!
Probably it’s possible in case of EF and EF-M
“No lens wiggle”
LMAO
A lot of that has to do with the tension tabs on the back side of the mount. You can usually pry them back to make the connection tighter, or press them forward if it’s hard to mount a lens.
Once they offer all the options that they mention, then I’ll almost certainly be interested and would look forward to using a CPL without vignetting on wide lenses.
But I’d want the A-mount version with the Arca plate which isn’t one of the investment incentives.
But I’d be just as happy with a slotted hood for the 16-35mm like Sony made for the 70-400mm. so that you can use both the hood and a polariser
Interesting, Can you use this with native FE lens?
no
bummer
I actually proposed exactly the same idea to MTF services at IBC in 2011 for the FS100 but they didn’t see the point
World’s first….
SAR, please, pleasse recognize that you have European readors as well. For us it is soooooooooooooo normal, that we are evem pissed when SAR daily is spreading superlatives on minor things. Don’t forget that, that there are readers from the old world… with touch to the ground.
Huh? What means this? Understanding as slap to the sky.
Errh? SAR is German. Germany is a country in Europe. But since you call yourself Hansi, i guess you should already know that.
With the sensor reflection issues of the A7 (II), I’d want some tests before believing in “potentially less reflection” …. or not? (And please … it’s a real issue for outdoor wide-angle photography …)
Has anyone seen this on the Indiegogo page?
wow! that’s interesting!
Useful for infrared shooters. Means you can just remove the hot filter for full spectrum and not have to decide on a permanent conversion to 720nm, 640nm, 830nm etc. Just swap out any infrared filter of your choice.
It is also one of my application besides ultra-wide