Formatt Hitech have a long standing pedigree in the filter industry and their diffusion filter range truly are second to none. It’s no wonder they are considered the worlds leading diffusion filter manufacturer and why their filters are trusted on some of the biggest productions out there from Batman (2021), Dune (2022), Star Wars, Peak Blinders, Doctor Who, Fast and the Furious etc….
They are available in several different strengths from 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and 1 just like the Black Supermist filters and the Soft Silver filters. The weakest effect being on the 1/8 filter and strongest on the 1 filter. It should also be noted that these filters effect varies through different focal lengths, with longer focal lengths having a pronounced effect. So even if you have a single filter you can still play around with the effect by varying the focal length you are shooting at.
Soft Gold diffusion filters, soft silver and Black Supermist diffusion filters explained and footage of each type of filter also included in my video below.
Formatt Hitech have given me the discount code HAYES10 to give you 10% off these filters worldwide
Formatt Hitech did provide me with a soft gold diffusion filter for this review but they have not paid me to write this review nor did they have any input on the review. Let’s get back to the review…
The Soft Gold Diffusion filter effect.
Diffusion filters normally take the edge off your footage in camera and lower contrast while smoothening skin and adding halation or bloom to your lighting. This can all beautifully be done in camera saving you hours or days of post processing time but these Soft Gold diffusion filters don’t stop there they add two more unique effects. The first being a slightly warm colour tone and also varying the intesity of diffusion according to your light level in your scene. To put that simply the Soft Gold filters have more of an effect on the highlight or lights in your scene and a bit less of an effect in your midtones and less again to your shadow detail. With it’s slightly warm colour tone, diffusion and halation it adds the effects you would expect to see in a vintage lens with out the price and remember you can use this on all your lenses.
The soft gold diffusion filters are very similiar to the soft silver diffusion filters only with a more vintage feel to them and a slightly warmer colour tone.
The soft gold diffusion filters are available as 4mm thick 4 x 5.65 inch filters which will will work in all standard matte boxes, I use my and they work incredibly well together.
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If you have any questions on the Soft Gold filters then do please feel free to contact me and ask them, I am only too happy to help.
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See you out there,
Kieran.
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