Filters are all about personal taste. What better way to signal individuality than to ‘roll your own’? Dating back to the earliest days, cinematographers have been stretching stockings and running fishing line across lenses or selectively smearing Vaseline on filters held in front of the lens, all to get that unique flare or diffusion effect. 
 
Now, thanks to the hardworking R&D team at Simmod Lens, it is far easier than ever to do this professionally with the new Synergy ring. In essence, this is the ultimate DIY filtration creation holder system to allow the cinematographer to combine filtration elements in their own way, with the individual parts coming together to form a solution - hence Synergy.
 
First, the Synergy clamp-on ring is designed to securely hold the filters on your lens.
 
Second is the Clear Glass DIY FX filter - a 100mm clear round glass filter to which you apply grease, hairspray, goo or anything else you care to smear over it.
 
Third is the DIY Flare FX holder ring, which can be used to hold craft wire, fishing line or similar. There are holes all around the perimeter of the ring through which your chosen line can be threaded through in any pattern you choose. When the wire is hit with a high-output light like a torch beam, it creates unique flare effects.
 
Fourth is the DIY Diffusion FX holder, a clever ring used to attach your chosen piece of material to diffuse the image, whether that be a sweet wrapper, mesh or net. Simply stretch the material over the holder ring and secure it with the supplied black elastic bands.
 
KIT INCLUDES:
Synergy Ring
DIY Diffusion FX Ring
DIY Flare FX Ring
DIY Clear Glass FX Ring
Felt Case