John Schneider
24-Jan-2011, 16:32
This is something I’ve been around and around, and I can’t seem to find a system that does all that I want. So I’m looking for suggestions.
I have several older, tiny WA lenses (Perigon, VII Cooke, etc.), and even some larger Dagors, that have no filter thread, so I need a hood system which permits adding filters to these lenses, and additionally acts as a shade to more modern lenses with threads. Lying around I have a Lee system and a Linhof compendium for a Technikardan. If I only used modern lenses I’d just use the Lee system with the appropriate adapter ring.
I want to avoid the cost of a bunch of custom press-on adapter rings for the small lenses, so I think I need to incorporate the filter and shade together. I could use the Linhof compendium and add a threaded panel to accept my 67mm filters, but then I need independent positioning of the filter and hood (the filter needs to be positioned next to the lens, and the hood needs to be touching the lensboard). Otherwise ambient light will enter the filter from the back side (since the lenses are much smaller in diameter than my 67 filters) and reflect off the front surface and enter the lens and cause flare, which is the whole purpose of going through this exercise in the first place.
Does anyone have any suggestions, or personal experiences to show that I’m making a big fuss about nothing? Or maybe I should learn to do internal threading to a stop, and fire up the lathe and make the adapters myself?
I have several older, tiny WA lenses (Perigon, VII Cooke, etc.), and even some larger Dagors, that have no filter thread, so I need a hood system which permits adding filters to these lenses, and additionally acts as a shade to more modern lenses with threads. Lying around I have a Lee system and a Linhof compendium for a Technikardan. If I only used modern lenses I’d just use the Lee system with the appropriate adapter ring.
I want to avoid the cost of a bunch of custom press-on adapter rings for the small lenses, so I think I need to incorporate the filter and shade together. I could use the Linhof compendium and add a threaded panel to accept my 67mm filters, but then I need independent positioning of the filter and hood (the filter needs to be positioned next to the lens, and the hood needs to be touching the lensboard). Otherwise ambient light will enter the filter from the back side (since the lenses are much smaller in diameter than my 67 filters) and reflect off the front surface and enter the lens and cause flare, which is the whole purpose of going through this exercise in the first place.
Does anyone have any suggestions, or personal experiences to show that I’m making a big fuss about nothing? Or maybe I should learn to do internal threading to a stop, and fire up the lathe and make the adapters myself?