I didn't even know I had to do anything to this holder for my tokina 11-16mm, but I guess so. I've come from X-pros being used on my sigma 12-24mm so I'm used to having to work for my filters, but I kinda assumed this would be easy and work.
Anyway, here's how the filter looks when you get it:
if you shoot it that way on an 11-16mm @ 11 you'll see the very ends of the holder in the shot. Of course this is why they make the holder "modular" so you can remove some of the front pieces, but I was taking the whole thing apart w/o getting where I wanted it when I realized you can flip the ring to the inside. Like this:
once you do that, you're down to "only" 2 slots on the holder, but personally all my non grads are round filters anyway, so not a problem. Once I had that sorted I figured I'd sand down the metal screws to be as short as possible and also flip one of the plastic pins then sand them down as well to keep the back flush:
I'll have a video up of me removing the pieces, I did it sitting in front of the camera. Took <3 minutes which included me spending time showing the steps to the camera and not just working. It's super easy to do.
