LEE Filters recently announced the new LEE 85 filter system for smaller body and crop sensor mirrorless cameras.
The LEE 85 filter system has been designed as a lightweight professional filter system suited to smaller sensor APS-C sensor cameras. Available in a number of kits, the LEE 85 filter system should be available in Q2 2020. It’s been designed with cameras such as the Fuji X series in mind.
Lightweight LEE 85 Filter Holder
The system features a lightweight filter holder with three size filter rings allowing it to mount onto lenses with 58mm, 67mm and 72mm filter threads. The kits include a set of specially designed filters made for smaller cameras and the smaller holder.
The filter holder has slots for three filters and features a locking mechanism to fix the filters in place.
LEE 85 Filters
The filters themselves are rectangular with a grip tab for easy handling. The grad filters feature a smaller transition area perfectly designed for the smaller sensor cameras. You can see in the below illustration a comparison between the larger LEE 100 hard grad on the left side, and the LEE 100 very hard grad with a smaller transition area, which is the same as the LEE 85 hard grad. The smaller transition area of the LEE 85 hard grad covers a similar portion of the image on a crop sensor camera as the LEE 1oo hard grad filter on a full frame camera.
The LEE 85 polariser clicks into the holder and can then be rotated for the required polarisation angle.
LEE 85 Filter Kits
Four kits meet a variety of needs from basic to advanced.
LEE 85 Discover Kit
- LEE85 Filter Holder – includes 1, 2 and 3 filter guide-blocks
- 0.6 Medium ND Grad (2 stop)
- 58mm, 67mm and 72mm Adaptor Rings
- LEE85 System Pouch – with shoulder strap and belt loop
LEE 85 Develop Kit
- LEE85 Filter Holder – includes 1, 2 and 3 filter guide-blocks
- 0.6 Medium ND Grad (2 stop)
- Big Stopper (10 stop) – with storage tin
- 58mm, 67mm and 72mm Adaptor Rings
- LEE85 System Pouch – with shoulder strap and belt loop
LEE 85 Aspire Kit
- LEE85 Filter Holder – includes 1, 2 and 3 filter guide-blocks
- 0.6 Medium ND Grad (2 stop)
- 0.9 Medium ND Grad (3 stop)
- Big Stopper (10 stop) – with storage tin
- 58mm, 67mm and 72mm Adaptor Rings
- LEE85 System Pouch – with shoulder strap and belt loop
- ClearLEE Filter Wash (50ml) and Cleaning Cloth
LEE 85 Deluxe Kit
- LEE85 Filter Holder – includes 1, 2 and 3 filter guide-blocks
- 0.6 Medium ND Grad (2 stop)
- 0.9 Medium ND Grad (3 stop)
- Big Stopper (10 stop) – with storage tin
- LEE85 Polariser – with pouch
- 58mm, 67mm and 72mm Adaptor Rings
- LEE85 System Pouch – with shoulder strap and belt loop
- ClearLEE Filter Wash (50ml) and Cleaning Cloth
All in all, this is an innovative high end filter solution for APS-C shooters that want the best filtration. It should be available in Q2 2020.
Are you interested in using the LEE 85 filter system? Let us know in the comments.
