52>55mm?

[Colin Graham]

I just got a fuji NW 125...Thought I was getting the 52mm thread but it's a 55mm. Need to order a stepping ring but was wondering if I would run into vignette problems using 52mm filters. There's probably no way to tell except try, but thought by chance someone here might have encountered this? Thanks for any help.

[Gary L. Quay]

This lens "sees" about 75 degrees, which should give a little space for a step down ring, but I would get the 55mm filters. You would have vinetting problems when you tilted the front and / or rear of the camera. I haven't used this specific lens, but the engineers at optics manufacturers don't throw darts to pinpoint the optimal filter size. A good rule I've been told by those wiser than myself is: you can always go larger. For instance, I owned a Pentax 6x7, with a 45mm lens. The filter opening was 87mm! A polerizer cost $295.00! So, rather than buying filters for my other lenses, I bought step up rings and used that filter. (The expense of buying filters for that camera was one of the reasons I sold it.)

Good Luck!