[rollei_list] Re: filters for gx/fx rolleiflex
- From: <chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:14:44 +0000
excellent ! And to hear 'veritable pittance' in the same breath as 'Rollei'
is always to be welcomed...
On 1/27/06, Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> At 11:00 AM 1/26/06 +0000, chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >Have yet to get filters for my FX. I gather they need to be bayIII types?
> > Is this a standard or a rollei unique fitting? And can one continue to
> use
> >the lens cap to protect both lenses/ filters whilst the filter is
> mounted?
> > rgds to all
>
> As others have noted, you can find Bayonet III filters from Rollei,
> Heliopan, and B+W. You can also find a lot of used gear out there. Or
> you
> can go the Series route -- Series filters are plain, metal-rimmed glass
> filters which fit into a range of adapters for various lenses. The Series
> for Bayonet III is Series 6 (Serie VI in Euro-speak). These are widely
> available, though wise folks ignore the adapters commonly available from
> Oriental sources due to their rapid failure rate.
>
> However, Harrison & Harrison in California will sell you, for a mere
> pittance, a Series 6 to Bayonet 3 adapter ring, a lens hood, and a bunch
> of
> filters for a veritable pittance, and these are all really high-quality
> items -- H&H is the filter supplier to Hollywood, so they do know what
> they
> are doing.
>
> I use Rolleiflex stuff on my 2.8GX but I use H&H gear on my 2.8F and do so
> without a qualm or problem. Good gear at a really GREAT price.
>
> I also use H&H stuff for my Hasselblad lenses, though I probably ought not
> mention this on this forum.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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