[pure-silver] Re: B+W Out of business???
- From: Bob Younger <ryounger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:15:22 -0800
*Jim,*
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*My criteria for what lenses to buy for my 8x10 obviously did not include
filter sizes. It's interesting that you went with the telephoto design for
your longer lenses. I've tried them and had lots of problems with utilizing
movements and coverage, especially swings and tilts on my LF cameras.
Though admittedly, only having to change the front element is attractive.
Everything seems to work backwards with the telephoto lenses, kind of......
But, I may be changing this thread's subject line. So, if anyone wants to
pursue this perhaps they should change the subject line in their replies. *
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*Or, if anyone has an 80A or 80B filter in 95mm or 105mm they'd like to
part with for something substantively less than $300 I'd love to hear from
you at <ryounger@xxxxxxxxx>. *
*Thanks all,
*
*Bob*
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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 18:37, Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I bought my LF lenses (decades ago) for my 4x5, I was very careful to
> buy only lenses with 67mm filter threads. My lenses are:
>
> 55/4.5 Rodenstock Apo-Grandagon
> 75/4.5 Rodenstock Grandagon
> 120/5.6 Super-Symmar HM
> 180/5.6 Symmar-S
> 270/6.3 Nikkor T*ED
> 360/8 Nikkor T*ED
> 500/11 Nikkor T*ED
> 700/16 Nikkor T*ED
>
> The last three have the same front element, you just change the rear
> element to get 360, 500, or 720. An amazing lens set!
>
> And the 55mm lens is not filter friendly. I have a 67/86 center filter for
> it. 67mm threads / 86mm glass. I have an 86mm WA adapter for my Lee holder
> do I can use a single 4" filter outside the center filter. Ditto with a
> 67mm WA adapter for using 4" filters directly on the lens. Polarizers do
> not work unless you want a density change across the image field. This is
> not an easy lens to use. 110 deg coverage.
>
> So my LF filter stash is easy to deal with. I use my 105mm filter on a Lee
> filter ring on the outside of the Lee 4" filter holder.
>
> My 82mm filters are for my Canon system, which has lens threads 58, 72,
> 67, 77, & 82 so I have a set of 82mm filters and step down rings.
>
> I have three backpacks (ThinkTank Airport Acceleration) and each holds the
> complete kit - LF (Linhof Technikardan), MF (Rollei SL66), and Canon
> Digital (1DsMk3). Unless shooting from the back of the car, I can only
> carry one kit into the field at a time. Sometimes a pain because there is
> always stuff that needs the kit back in the car!
>
> Jim Brick
> Sunnyvale, CA
> http://www.photomojo.org
>
> On Feb 20, 2012, at 5:03 PM, Bob Younger wrote:
>
> *I wish I could get away with 82mm; I do use step-down rings for my
> smaller lenses. But for most of my lenses I need the 95mm; and for some I
> need the 105. For my even larger lenses (210 SA)I have moved the filter to
> the rear element. *
> *The joys (and expenses) of LF photography.......*
> *Bob*
>
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