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Guys. I have 3 lenses that I plan to use for a winter/Autumn landscape photography in Japan at the end of the year.....28mm 90mm 135mm/230mm with TC all with a 77mm filter thread.
I have been looking at the Kase revolution and the Nisi Jet Pro sets but I am not sure if I need to go to 82mm filter size or just stick with the 77mm (the Nisi set is 82mm with a step-down ring). The Kase looks like it might suit my needs better as if I buy the 77mm set I can still use my lens hood when there are filters on or off the lens......great if I switch from landscape photography to portraiture but if I use the 77mm filters am I likely to get vignetting with the above lenses?
 
The Nisi are super slim and the website suggests that you can stack two filters without vignetting.
 
If the lenses have 77mm filter threads (as your post suggests) they shouldn't vignette with a 77mm filter.
I have several lenses that can use filters considerably smaller than their threads most drastic I remember is one with 37mm threads that manages fine with 25mm filters.
Here's an Infra red shot with that combination
Dovercourt park IR3 by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Ultra wide lenses can have issues with thicker/multiple filters, but unless your shooting medium format none of yours will be likely to have any issues.

If you want to be totally sure do a quick test put together the maximum stack of filters you might use & shoot a plain white wall.
Vignetting should be quite obvious if it does occur, If very slight darkening of the corners is seen it's likely to be from the lens itself, many show slight fall off at the corners, you can do a shot without filters to compare :)
 
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