[rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list]Bay IV lenscap
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:28:48 -0800
Bob,
I'm sure that a phone call to B&H will settle that dichotomy.
Jerry
Robert Meier wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> I'm trying to figure out why the B&H description of the lenshood says "Metal
> Lens Hood III" while their picture of it shows the words "Bay IV" on the
> side of it. It has to be Bay IV, so perhaps their description is in error.
> I'm getting a Rollei-Wide, so I'm trying to find out what I'll have to pay
> for a cap and hood, which this Wide I'm getting doesn't have (it does come
> with a Maxwell screen, a strap, and a couple of Bay IV filters, however).
>
> Bob
>
> Bob,
>
> Mea culpa, my fingers don't follow my brain. Roman numerals always
> have baffled me (I failed Latin in junior High).
>
> Bay Four is what we were discussing. Bay Six is for the Rollei 6000
> series SLRs. A good friend of mine paid $410 for a Bay Four hood,
> new old stock. An Asiatic buyer paid $475 for one. (all eBay prices)
>
> Gee, I wonder what Bay Three caps and hoods are going for these
> days?
>
> Jerry
>
> Robert Meier wrote:
>
> > Jerry,
> >
> > That would be good news, even at $149.95 for a plastic lens cap, which is
> > what B&H has them priced at. The lenshood, metal, is $269. You meant Bay
> > IV, not VI, right? Classical dyslexia?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > My report from Germany is that Bay VI fittings are the same. Hood
> > and folding lens cap. I think that the cap is a black plastic, like the
> > later Bay III caps.
> >
> > I welcome the arrival of the new pieces to our shores. Prices for these
> > parts on the used market have been astronomical!
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Robert Meier wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know if the new Bay IV lenscap that Rollei is now selling
> > > for
> > > the 4.0 FW will fit on the original Rollei-Wide? B&H has both this Bay
> > > IV
> > > lenscap and the Bay IV lenshood for the current wideangle Rollei.
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