lots of filters that fit old canon lenses

[back alley]

don't forget to check any of the classifieds to see my filters for sale!!

😉

 

[VictorM.]

Cheaper'n wholesale! How does he do it?

 

[anandi]

I'm not near my Canon QL-17 GIII - but have been looking for B/W yellow / orange filters - anyone know the filter size offhand?

 

[vrgard]

I'm not near my Canon QL-17 GIII - but have been looking for B/W yellow / orange filters - anyone know the filter size offhand?

48mm, if I recall correctly. (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I don't! 🙂 )

 

[hiwatt]

48mm, if I recall correctly. (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I don't! 🙂 )

It's confirmed: 48mm. 🙂

 

[back alley]

yep, 48mm for canonet.

 

[venchka]

Burning question: Filter size for the tiny Canon 35mm F/2.8 lens? Source of that size Skylight filter? Or any filters? A hood too.

Thanks!

 

[ChrisN]

That's 34mm for the 35/2.8, I believe.

 

[VictorM.]

If it's threaded, the chrome 35/2.8 takes 34mm filters and hoods. If not, A36 slip-on accessories.

 

[venchka]

Thanks! It's threaded. Now I need to find filters & a hood.

Let's see...
34mm for the Canon 35mm/2.8
43mm for the Nikkor 50mm/1.4
48mm for the Canon 135/3.5
55mm for the Komura 28/3.5

There is some good news: the VC 75/2.5 I covet uses 43mm filters. 😀

I may spend more on filters & hoods than I did on the lenses.

Thanks everyone. I'm off shopping! 😀

 

[Sonnar2]

Don't overdo with filters. Recently I bought a German book about equitation before WWII, illustrated with some of the best B&W horse pictures I've ever seen (quite some). The photographer states in the trailer that he shot about 1000 pictures for the book, but never used a filter. cheers, Frank

 

[back alley]

Don't overdo with filters. Recently I bought a German book about equitation before WWII, illustrated with some of the best B&W horse pictures I've ever seen (quite some). The photographer states in the trailer that he shot about 1000 pictures for the book, but never used a filter. cheers, Frank

thanks for that frank, i'm sure it will help boost my filter sales...lol!

🙂

 

[laptoprob]

I have two new 34mm UV filters around. A no-name and a B+W. I planned to use one of them on my 35/2,8 but I don't since I got a SOOGZ and 39mm filters.

Let me know if you are interested.

BUMP for Joe's filter sale!

 

[hiwatt]

Don't overdo with filters. Recently I bought a German book about equitation before WWII, illustrated with some of the best B&W horse pictures I've ever seen (quite some). The photographer states in the trailer that he shot about 1000 pictures for the book, but never used a filter. cheers, Frank

Quite possibly using a filter before WWII meant something like heavy photoshopping a picture today... 😀 perhaps it was just a big no-no at the time?

 

[Sonnar2]

No it was common believe to use filters in that era, mainly because the B&W film wasn't so broadband color sensitive than it is nowadays. Every photographic book told abput. I.e. a yellow filters were mounted at Bessa RF cameras out of the fabric. Yellow filters were what is UV-filter nowadays for some photographs. Screw on, never get off.
cheers Frank

 

[John Shriver]

Exactly. My nice Leitz Summar lens came with the ring of a Leitz Gelfilter 2 (yellow filter 2) stuck on it. Someone had lost the glass out of it, but I suspect it had a lot to do with why the glass was in superb condition.

I've got Leitz yellow filters in formats to match all my Leica lenses. (From the dinky one for the Elmar, to E39 for the Summicron.)