Step Up Down Ring

Full frame on smaller format cameras i e.

Step up down ring. The male side screws into the end of the lens and the filter screws into the female side. Lens filters offer many aesthetic options when it comes to taking pictures or videos. To solve this you can use stepping rings. Things worth knowing about step up step down rings.

The exception to this rule is when using lenses and filters designed for larger format cameras i e. A stepping ring is simply a thin metal ring with a male filter thread of a certain size on one side and a female filter thread of a different size on the other side. Pile of step up and step down rings. Step down rings do the exact opposite of a step up ring.

Use step up and step down rings to swap between different. Basically the corners are getting less light because of the tunnel that is created. When using step down rings and filters one can notice a lot of vignetting. Aps c and micro four thirds.

There are usually used to mount accessories. As with regular filters don t over tighten them. Step down rings are not as widely used as step up rings because in most cases the smaller filter sizes result in vignetting. Step up rings for filters screw onto the ends of camera lenses.

They attach filters that are too big. Step up step down rings don t work well with lens hoods so you ll likely have to do without the hood. If you do there s a good chance you ll damage the lens s thread.