Hi,
I've done some searching here and found a few references to this lens, as well as that it uses Series VIII adapters for what appears to be filter/accessory holders.
Bernice's suggestion to use a camera-mounted holder to hang filters in front of the lens is a good one, but my camera doesn't really have anything to mount it on (Arca Swiss F-Metric Field). I could potentially use the rail.
I've standardized on the Lee wide angle hood, which holds 100mm filters and coincidentally just perfectly allows a snug press-fit placement of any of my many 95mm filters. I have adapters for all of my previous lenses (all modern glass).
I see that the 14" version takes 72mm filters, and Kerry wrote in another thread that the 12 inch takes a 2.5 inch (63.5 mm) adapter. Would that be an external press-on adapter? That would match my caliper measurements of the outside diameter of the front of the lens barrel. The inside threaded part looks to be about 60mm, but I could be off and I don't know the thread pitch. Does anyone know for sure? I don't see it listed in any of the threads here or Kodak documentation I've been able to find.
1. Is there a Lee adapter that will fit the threaded portion and/or slip-on outside of this lens? Does anyone know the thread size and pitch for the inside filter threads of this lens?
2. Are there other adapters available (besides the Kodak originals) that allow commonly used sizes to be used (Brian wrote elsewhere that a 67mm filter will screw into the 63.5mm adapter, I have a bunch of Rollei Bay VI filters I use with my 6008 which have adapters to both 67mm and 72mm)?
3. What size lens cap does this take? My lens came with original caps, which are beautiful, fit quite snugly, but I'd prefer not to take out on travel with me, would rather use something I won't be afraid of dropping or losing. If the 63.5mm figure above is for a slip-on adapter, a 64mm cap which is readily available should be fine.
4. Does anyone know for sure what the rear element size is, so I can source a third party cap for that too?
Beautiful lens, I'm excited to get outside and try it out. Lot's a beautiful, cloudy weather here lately.
Thanks!
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