The LEE 85 Filter System for Small Body Mirrorless Cameras

Lens Filters

by Richard LackeyApril 6^th, 2020

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.