Nikkor-W 210mm Filter Size

[Dean Tomasula]

Does anyone know the filter size of the front element on a Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 lens?

I've read the filter size is both 67mm and 70mm, but mine is larger than these two.

I have a 72mm screw-in filter that falls into the front element, so I suspect the size is 77mm. The lens comes with a slip-on lens cap from Nikon that is marked 80mm, but it fits over the entire front element, so I know the filter size is less than 80mm.

[Richard Wasserman]

Dean,
Mine is 67mm. 77mm sounds huge, you don't have some sort of adapter on your lens by any chance do you?

[Gem Singer]

Hi Dean,

The Nikkor 210 that I formerly owned took a 67mm. screw-in filter and used a 70mm. lens cap. Check to see if a 67 to 77 step-up ring has been installed on your lens. If so, it can be removed by completely un-screwing it, allowing you to go back to the 67mm. size.

[Alex_5228]

Mine takes a 67 mm Filter, but I believe there was a different version with a larger front filter.

Larger Filter version may be an earlier lens !!

[Dean Tomasula]

I've also read the the filter size is generally 67mm. Mine definitely is larger. I have a 72mm filter that the front element just "swallows" up. I tried a 67-72 step-up ring but the element is just slightly larger. There is no ring on the element that can be removed (except for the element itself).

I measured the front element and it is approx. 3 inches across (which equals 76.2mm, so I suspect the correct filter size is 77mm).

Does anyone know of this lens. It seems to be a larger version of the standard 210 f/5.6. Does it offer greater coverage than the standard Nikkor-W 210? The serial number is 74xxxx.

[Jorge Gasteazoro]

Mine is 67.....

[Oren Grad]

A 210mm Nikkor large format lens with a 77mm filter thread, described as being ex-John Sexton, was sold on eBay just a week ago, as item number 3873800770.

[Dean Tomasula]

That's my lens, right down to the lensboard!

Of course, mine was not owned by John Sexton, but it's still a great lens nonetheless. $300 is cheap for that lens, I paid a bit more, but it's in like new condition so I'm not complaining.

Now it's confirmed. The filter size is 77mm.

Thanks Oren.

[David R Munson]

Interesting. Mine is 67mm. I wonder what accounts for the difference in sizes in different lenses. Is there and older and a newer version of this lens?

[Arne Croell]

"Is there and older and a newer version of this lens?"

Yes, the older one has the 77mm mount and the newer one the 67mm mount. Optically they are supposed to be identical.