Hiomemade SOOGZ

[richard_l]

SOOGZ is an adapter which allows one to use threaded 39mm filters on a lens (such as some Elmars and Summarons) which takes 36mm clamp-on filters. One recently sold on eBay for around $25. I decided to make one.

I bought an A36 clamp-on filter in which the glass was messed up for $10 (too much, but I was anxious to do the project) and removed the glass. It so happens that a 39mm B+W rubber screw-in hood has just the right inside diameter to slide right over the part of the A36 filter which holds the glass. I filed off the part of the hood that screws into a 39mm lens (which was no longer needed) and glued it onto the A36 ring.

The hood is threaded on the inside to take 39mm filters, so I now have a super SOOGZ which is a combination hood and filter adapter, all for $10 and a spare part.

Now if it just doesn't vignette..... 🙂

 

[John Robertson]

Good idea!!
I was lucky my SOOGZ only cost £1, the shop hadn't a clue what it was!! :angel:

 

[Ben Z]

SOOGZ is an adapter which allows one to use threaded 39mm filters on a lens (such as some Elmars and Summarons) which takes 36mm clamp-on filters. One recently sold on eBay for around $25. I decided to make one.

I bought an A36 clamp-on filter in which the glass was messed up for $10 (too much, but I was anxious to do the project) and removed the glass. It so happens that a 39mm B+W rubber screw-in hood has just the right inside diameter to slide right over the part of the A36 filter which holds the glass. I filed off the part of the hood that screws into a 39mm lens (which was no longer needed) and glued it onto the A36 ring.

The hood is threaded on the inside to take 39mm filters, so I now have a super SOOGZ which is a combination hood and filter adapter, all for $10 and a spare part.

Now if it just doesn't vignette..... 🙂

I like making things too, just for the fun of it, but I try not to bring up the relative cost because if I do I'd have to figure in how much my time is worth.