Originally Posted by
LabRat
That will work...
Just make sure the rings/filter sit correctly on the lens, because sometimes with some FL's (usually longer) if ya shoot into a bright light, (like a sunset, or a very bright streetlight,) that slightly tilted filter might double that highlight due to internal reflection... (Done it!!!)
A lot of my old lenses happen to have the same barrel OD as the series 5,6,7,8 + 9 OD I collected over time, (but no adapter ring) so I taped them on, (until that got boring) and finally formed a sleeve for each lens out of rounded mattboard, that had slit ends, so it would slightly open, had a shoulder that would hold the filter down inside, and had a friction fit, or some velcro to hold it in a closed circle on the lens barrel... (plastic sheet or films would work too) Not a perfect solution, but it beat tape... Worked OK...
I will go OT to suggest to those who's DSLR lenses have plastic filter threads on the front, to get a decent filter that size, and remove the glass, carefully thread the ring on the lens and leave it there, so the plastic threads don't wear out after a few filter changes (like they do), and filters/hoods, etc thread on the metal ring...
Steve K
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