wjlapier
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I was thinking I might pick a couple of ND filters for my Nikkor 5cm 1.4 lens, but got to thinking there might be a difference in thread pitch. Anyone use the B&W ND filters .9 and 1.8 and can they mount on the 5cm Nikkor OK? If not the B&W, which filters have the correct thread pitch?
I have some Walz and Zeiss filters and I remember one of them would not mount on all the way.
Thanx--Bill
I have some Walz and Zeiss filters and I remember one of them would not mount on all the way.
Thanx--Bill
I just put a B&W IR Cut filter on my "Tokyo" 5cm F1.4- went on without problems.
wjlapier
Well-known
Cool. Will have to finish the purchase.
The sun has arrived finally in my neck of the woods
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gzuiko
Established
Hmmm... Makes me wonder why B&W filters would fit with the different thread pitch...
Check out this thread - Filter sizes and thread pitches
The two sizes are 0.5mm pitch and 0.75mm pitch. My experience has been that some filters with a 0.75mm pitch will work on a lens with a 0.5mm pitch, some wont. The same applies in reverse. Probably comes down to manufacturing tolerances more than anything else.
The two sizes are 0.5mm pitch and 0.75mm pitch. My experience has been that some filters with a 0.75mm pitch will work on a lens with a 0.5mm pitch, some wont. The same applies in reverse. Probably comes down to manufacturing tolerances more than anything else.
Thinking that it would have the correct thread pitch, I recently bought what I thought was a Walz hood (the auction description said it was) for my vintage Nikkor-S 5cm f1.4. Turns out that its some obscure Japanese brand hood. Itscrews onto my Millennium 50/1.4 perfectly, but doesn't screw onto the vintage Nikkor-S 5cm f1.4 (lens I bought it for!). Darn hood has a thread pitch of 0.75mm :bang:
gzuiko
Established
The new Japanese UV filter I bought from Yuri (Fedka) for my prewar Sonnar in 40.5mm won't screw onto the Nikkor-H.C. 5cm f2.0. So, I'll keep trying. I really didn't dream this up.
venchka
Veteran
I own two lenses with 43mm threads. A 1956 Nikkor 50/1.4 and a 35mm UC-Hexanon from the late 20th Century. I own one B+W 43mm ND filter, one 43mm Pentax UV filter and I think I have 43mm filters, either B+W or heliopan, on each lens right now. Bottom line: No worries.
Add: The Nikkor lens came to me with an original Nikkor 43mm Skylight 1A filter. It works too.
Add: The Nikkor lens came to me with an original Nikkor 43mm Skylight 1A filter. It works too.
VinceC
Veteran
I have a B+W ND 0.6 filter I bought about 4 years ago. It screws in only partway onto my 43mm Nikkors. Works but not ideal. Can't really decipher the part of the ring that refers to thread pitch. It says, "B+W 43 102 ND 0.6 2 BL 4X" On the outside rim it says, F -Pro. B+W Made in Germany)
This is the only 43mm filter I've ever owned that didn't go right onto my vintage or re-issue Nikkors. It goes on about a quarter turn and sits there snug, so it's not a show-stopper.
This is the only 43mm filter I've ever owned that didn't go right onto my vintage or re-issue Nikkors. It goes on about a quarter turn and sits there snug, so it's not a show-stopper.