150mm Wide Angle
Filter Holder System
150 Filter System Overview
The 150mm system brings the workflow and functionality of the Wine Country Camera filter holder system to users with super wide lenses. Compatible with 150x150x2mm and 150x170x2mm filters, this holder system is truly a game-changer for landscape and architectural photographers.
WCC pioneered the concept of “workflow” for filter users, meaning the ability to adjust NDs, grads, and the polarizer independently without interfering with each other, and the ability to remove the ND between exposures without disturbing critical focus and composition.
Note: The 150 system is an evolution of the 100mm V1 (hence, we’re calling it V1.5). This system will not get updated to V2. We are very very happy with this system.
Essential Functions:
A light-tight rotating polarizer
A light-tight ND filter slot
A push button adjustable grad filter slot
Lens Specific Adapter Rings + Threaded Adapter Rings
For smaller mirrorless and DSLR lenses consider the 100mm Filter Holder System
New Pricing
For 2022 we’ve lower the prices of the 150mm system to make it available to a wider audience. The 150mm system makes an excellent all around system for users who have a wide selection of lenses that includes an ultra-wide lens.
150 Holder Kit Old Price: $799 | New Price: $549
150 Master Kit Old Price: $1299 | New Price: $899
Features
Push-button Adjustable Grad Vaults
To reduce vignetting and maximize ray angle, the 150mm system features a single grad filter stage. Simply push the button, adjust the horizon line of the filter and release. And because you were just about to ask … yes the grad vaults are keyed for safety so your valuable filter doesn’t go plummeting to the earth the moment you push the button. We’ve got your back.
Independently Adjustable Filters
There are three filter stages on the 150mm holder system, a polarizer, a ND, and a graduated filter slot. Each stage can be adjusted without altering the position of the other filters. This allows you to make precise iterative adjustments between exposures to dial in that perfect composition.
Light-tight ND that is removable between exposures
Light leaking between the ND filter and the lens is the number one challenge faced by holder system users … until now. We’ve built a dedicated recess into the holder system to create a light-tight environment for the ND filter. This feature alone makes the WCC Holder System the de facto standard for long exposure photographers. The vault surrounds your ND filter on all four sides, eliminating internal reflections caused by light entering on-edge, ensuring that your ND filter provides high-fidelity and high-contrast.
Low Vignetting
We used extensive 3D modeling during development to maximize ray angle to minimize vignetting. Depending on lens model, oftentimes users can safely employ lenses as wide as 12mm.
Filter Vaults Leave Fingerprints Where They Belong
Filter vaults VASTLY improve your image quality when compared to filter holder systems that require you to “squish” the filter into place. Vaults leave your filter in a resting state, perfectly flat, eliminating the warping and distortion caused by other holder systems.
Vaults Eliminate Reflections and Increase Contrast
Vaults shade the edges of the filters, increasing contrast and removing stray light from the inside of the filter. Combined with the slightly oversized top and bottom fences on the holder, vaults are so effective at reducing stray light, that we recommend shooting without a compendium lens hood - as extra lens hoods are more likely to cause camera shake and soften the image.
Polarizer
The WCC Polarizer vs Competitor Polarizers
Polarizer attachments on legacy holder systems are, in a word, awful. Light leaking behind the polarizers in legacy systems is severe and causes haze and reflections, the very thing you’re trying to remove with the polarizer! Our polarizer is mounted inside the body of the holder, completely eliminating reflections and vignetting. Polarizer rotation is controlled by the adjustment knob. The knob is placed on the lower-left rear of the holder so you can adjust it while looking through the lens. It’s geared so that the direction you turn the knob is the direction of filter rotation.
A Note About Polarizer Quality
Most inexpensive polarizers included with filter holder systems feature either .5mm or 1mm glass. Those polas are too thin and cannot be lapped and polished. We manufacture our polarizers from robust, 2.5mm thick Schott Ultrawhite Optical Glass. This is the finest optical glass material in the world. At 2.5mm thick, the glass can be lapped and polished to optical perfection.
V1.5 Improvements
Secure, Rotatable Adapter Ring Attachment
We’ve upgraded the adapter ring attachment for V2. Now you can loosen the adapter ring to rotate the holder body without fear of the holder detaching from the lens.
Aluminum Polarizer Tabs
The polarizer tabs have been upgraded to aluminum to make them more rugged and improving polarizer rotation.