Olympus 7-14 Filter Adapter Details
‘Lens Stops’ on the inside align with the outer edges of the lens hood for perfect alignment, and a thick neoprene rubber gasket holdout very firmly in place. The gasket also prevents any light leak from the rear of the adapter. Further security is provided by a plate which fixes to the rear of the Nisi holder, which has been designed to slide ‘open’ and ‘closed’ for ease of use. There is no need to remove the ‘plate’ when using other lenses.
Image shows the Nisi V6 Filter holder kit complete with the Nisi 82mm Adapter ring for use on threaded lenses. The 7-14 Adapter replaces the standard 82mm adapter. The Nisi Filter holder means that by having both adapters only one system is required for use on the 7-14 Pro and other threaded lenses.
Vignetting Performance
The Olympus 7-14 Pro has a 114 degree field of view at 7mm making it super wide and the full frame equivalent of 14mm. At such a wide FOV the optimum size of filters is approx. 125mm which are not manufactured. To avoid having to use bulky and expensive 150mm filters the adapter is designed to maximize the wider range and more popular 100mm filters.
Mechanical vignetting from the holder intruding into the image area has been reduced to the minimum possible for the size of filter and the lens FOV.
Although three slots can be used with no angling of the v6 holder without vignetting, altering the holder to two rails gives more flexibility to angle the holder and still allows the use of two filters which is usually enough.
The field of view at 7mm changes slightly depending on the focus distance. At a close focus distance the FOV is slightly wider than on infinity, which has an impact on vignetting. Sample images shown were taken with a close focus distance of approx. 2 meters, with the camera set at the max 4:3 ratio.
Vignetting at approx. 2-meter focus distance, impact on image corners.
2 slots used vertically – no vignetting
2 slots angled to 12.5 degrees – slight vignetting removed at approx. 7.5mm
2 slots angled to 45 degrees – slight vignetting removed at approx. 8mm
Minor Vignetting is easily removed by slight cropping.
Example Images
All images taken with Olympus Em5mk11 and Em1mkii with the 7-14 Pro and the Adapter. Images shown in 4/3 aspect ratio with no vignetting.
Lake District
- EXIF: ISO200, f7.1, Exp 40 Seconds
- Holder Position: Straight
- Filters Used: Nisi 3 Stop Medium Grad, 10 Stop ND
Portugal
- EXIF: ISO200, f7.1, Exp 25 Seconds
- Holder Position: Straight
- Filters Used: Nisi 3 Stop Reverse Grad, 6 Stop ND
Iceland
- EXIF: ISO200, f7.1, Exp 2 Seconds
- Holder Position: Angled
- Filters Used: Nisi 3 Stop Soft Grad, Square Polariser
Iceland
- EXIF: ISO200, f7.1, Exp 8 Seconds
- Holder Position: Straight
- Filters Used: Nisi 3 Stop Medium Grad, 3 Stop ND
Anglesey
- EXIF: ISO200, f7.1, Exp 60 Seconds
- Holder Position: Straight
- Filters Used: Nisi 3 Stop Reverse Grad, 10 Stop ND
Lake District
- EXIF: ISO200, f7.1, Exp 20 Seconds
- Holder Position: Angled
- Filters Used: Nisi 3 Stop Soft Grad, 10 Stop ND
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