NiSi’s JetMag Pro Star Soft filters add glow to night skies

NiSi just gave night photographers a way to take the digital edge off. The new JetMag Pro Star Soft filters are built to make stars look bigger, soften point lights and add the kind of halo that turns a clean astro frame into something more cinematic and a little more mysterious.

The line comes in two formats, 82MAG and MAXMAG, so this is not a one-off accessory bolted onto a system. It slots into NiSi’s JetMag Pro magnetic ecosystem, which uses a patented locking design and is rated for stacking two filters on lenses as wide as 15mm without vignetting. That matters on ultra-wide astro rigs, where even a small amount of obstruction can ruin the frame. NiSi’s U.S. store listed the JetMag Pro Star Soft 82MAG Magnetic Filter at $114.99 as a pre-order, while the larger JetMag Pro Star Soft MAXMAG Magnetic Filter was listed at $220.

The effect is the whole point. NiSi says the filter creates a “dreamy star glow effect,” enlarges star halos, softens point lights and aims for a romantic, mysterious atmosphere. It also gently softens fine detail, which can help hide noise and minor blemishes in night files. On NiSi’s own product page, the pitch is even more direct: brighter stars appear larger. That makes the Star Soft feel less like a correction tool and more like a rendering choice, the sort of front-of-lens decision that changes the mood before a raw file ever reaches Lightroom.

That will be exactly what some shooters want. If you like astrophotography that feels polished, atmospheric and a little less clinical, the Star Soft approach makes sense, especially for night landscapes where the sky is part of the emotion, not just a catalog of points of light. If you are chasing a scientifically clean sky image, or you want every star to stay as tight and precise as the optics can deliver, this is the wrong kind of filter. It is designed to stylize, not to disappear.

NiSi UK said the MAXMAG version is aimed at night photography and astrophotography and uses optical glass plus NiSi nano coating. That fits the broader JetMag Pro story, which has been building since NiSi launched the magnetic system for photo and video shooters and later won praise for its speed and more secure locking approach. Star Soft extends that line in a way that feels practical, not gimmicky: a simple, visible shift from razor-sharp sky detail toward glow, bloom and atmosphere, which is exactly the trade-off some night shooters have been waiting for.