Large Handheld Stretch Filter

Stretch available as a larger handheld filter, giving you more room to manoeuvre and capture stunning blurred, warped and stretched images. Great for photographers who want the convenience & speed of a handheld filter. Comes with a tripod mount on the filter and handle allowing for even more creative freedom.

• The glass is 100mm x 100mm, and around 12mm thick at the thickest point in the middle
• The flat area in the middle of the glass that you shoot through is 30mm wide.
• The metal handle is 100mm wide, and 36mm tall.
• Standard tripod mount thread on the handle.
• Filter Weight: 258g
• Supplied with a protective, padded pouch and a lens cloth.
• Also available as a screw-in filter or as a smaller handheld, see related products for other listings.

* Please note that some of the same images were taken using the screw-in version of the filter which has the same effect.

Tips for use

• As the filter has a 30mm wide flat centre section for you to shoot through, keep that in mind for the size of lens that will be appropriate for use with this filter. If the front element of your lens is small then you are going to get a limited amount of the effect in your image, especially when working with longer focal length. This filter is more suitable for larger sized lenses.
• There's no hard rules when it comes to creative prism filters, if you're happy with the images, then you're probably doing it right!
• Generally speaking, people usually work at wider apertures (f2.8 and similar) when using a filter like this as it smooths out the transition from the "normal" part of the image to the warped section. Wider apertures are also useful for reducing the likelihood of seeing the thick, flat edge of the glass when shooting through the filter.
• Thick glass like this can confuse AF systems. Either set an AF point on your camera and work around that, or compose your photo and half-press the shutter then quickly put the filter in front of the lens before taking the shot. Always try to focus through the flat part of the filter, if you use the angled surface it's going to be much harder work.
• Expect blurring and chromatic aberration from the angled part of the filter, it's meant to happen, embrace it!