Series adapter/filter adapter question

[Ken Smith]

Have a Franka Solida III which takes threaded 40.5mm filters and hood. Also have a Bessa I which takes 37mm slip-on accessories. Is there such a monster as a 37mm slip-on to 40.5 threaded adapter? I have seen 37mm slip-on to Series VI adapters - is this what I'm looking for?

 

[Solinar]

I'm going guess you need a 42mm slip-on adapter for the Solida III.

The best way to check is to buy a cheapo machinist's caliper from some place like eBay or Harbor Freight that is digital and reads both inches and mm.

 

[hanskerensky]

I know 1 guy on Flickr who likes to rework adapters. His Flickr name is keltic_tom, have a look here :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60599158@N00/sets/72157601661388991/

Do you want to use the 40,5 mm filters on your Bessa ?

 

[Ernst Dinkla]

Have a Franka Solida III which takes threaded 40.5mm filters and hood. Also have a Bessa I which takes 37mm slip-on accessories. Is there such a monster as a 37mm slip-on to 40.5 threaded adapter? I have seen 37mm slip-on to Series VI adapters - is this what I'm looking for?

I have the Bessa I and use the 37mm VI series slip on adapter on it. For the Polaroid 110b I had to make a slip on filter holder of 46.44 mm. I got the slip on grey plastic close up lenses for it and converted one by gluing in a 43.5 mm filter with the filter glass removed. A 43.5mm thread to series VI made it universal. There are other lenses that can use the Series VII filters with adapters here but for the Iskra I was lucky in finding fitting thread filters + a flexible hood on a photo flea market.

The usual method to get there is measuring in and outer dimensions of fiters and gluing a combination together when no adapter like that exists.

I ordered several series filters, adpters and hoods from www.filterfind.net as the site's filter information then was the best I could find.


Ernst Dinkla

 

[Ken Smith]

[Do you want to use the 40,5 mm filters on your Bessa ? /QUOTE]

That's the idea. I already have a 40.5mm hood & filters for the Franka. I'd like to use them on the Bessa w/o having to purchase a separate set of hood/filters just for the Bessa. I was already starting to entertain the idea that I will probably have to concoct a useful adapter myself. Just hoping something already existed. Thanks.

 

[rbiemer]

Have a Franka Solida III which takes threaded 40.5mm filters and hood. Also have a Bessa I which takes 37mm slip-on accessories. Is there such a monster as a 37mm slip-on to 40.5 threaded adapter? I have seen 37mm slip-on to Series VI adapters - is this what I'm looking for?

Ken, seems like you have a few options to share filters between these cameras.
I've not seen a 37 SO to 40.5 screw adapter but that doesn't mean that there aren't any.
I suggest you email the folks at filterfind (as linked above) and ask them. Another person you might contact is this ebay seller:http://stores.ebay.com/photo-widget?_rdc=1
He deals in vintage filters, hoods, and step rings, etc.

The other way to go that would get you a single set of filters to share between the two cameras would be two series adapters--37mm SO to Series VI and 40.5mm screw to Series VI and a single set of Series VI filters.
I know this doesn't let you use the filters you already have on both cameras but may be a slightly simpler way to go.
A quick search on ebay turned up this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Series-VI-6-Adapter-Step-Rings-Filter-Holder_W0QQitemZ130357576157QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLens_Accessories?hash=item1e59eac1dd
I've never dealt with this seller but they may have the appropriate adapters for your cameras. Once again, I'd email and ask.
Good luck!
Rob

 

[Gumby]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Series-VI-6-Ada...ItemQQptZLens_Accessories?hash=item1e59eac1dd
I've never dealt with this seller ...

I've had several good experiences with him.

 

[Ken Smith]

Necessity & Mothers

Necessity & Mothers

Necessity & Mothers - the two go together in an old adage. While rummaging through some of my stuff/junk. I found a 40mm - to 40.5mm step-up ring I used to use on a Canon 50mm/1.8. Seems that the internal diameter of the 40mm end was a nano-tad larger than 37mm. A dremel tool to cut slots, a tweeking of the internal diameter of the slotted end and I now have a 37mm slip-on to 40.5mm adapter.

 

[Ernst Dinkla]

Necessity & Mothers - the two go together in an old adage. While rummaging through some of my stuff/junk. I found a 40mm - to 40.5mm step-up ring I used to use on a Canon 50mm/1.8. Seems that the internal diameter of the 40mm end was a nano-tad larger than 37mm. A dremel tool to cut slots, a tweeking of the internal diameter of the slotted end and I now have a 37mm slip-on to 40.5mm adapter.

That's the spirit.


Ernst Dinkla

 

[Keltic_Tom]

Series VI

Series VI

I'm going guess you need a 42mm slip-on adapter for the Solida III.

The best way to check is to buy a cheapo machinist's caliper from some place like eBay or Harbor Freight that is digital and reads both inches and mm.

I would think that Series VI would function well for both his cameras (Solida and Bessa). I use a Modified 36mm push-on with my Agfa Record II + Series VI filters and hood. I also use 4 different (some modified) push-ons Series V for 2 Yashica TLRs, A Kochmann Korelle, an Agfa Billy 0 (Zero) and an Agfa Super Silette-L. The only trick is finding the porper camera / series adapter.

 

[oftheherd]

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The other way to go that would get you a single set of filters to share between the two cameras would be two series adapters--37mm SO to Series VI and 40.5mm screw to Series VI and a single set of Series VI filters.
I know this doesn't let you use the filters you already have on both cameras but may be a slightly simpler way to go.
A quick search on ebay turned up this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Series-VI-6-Adapter-Step-Rings-Filter-Holder_W0QQitemZ130357576157QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLens_Accessories?hash=item1e59eac1dd
I've never dealt with this seller but they may have the appropriate adapters for your cameras. Once again, I'd email and ask.
Good luck!
Rob

Looks like you have solved your own problem, but this might be a consideration. http://cgi.ebay.com/37mm-43mm-37-43...ItemQQptZLens_Accessories?hash=item4146893590

I have purchased from this seller once, and it took about a month to arrive, but arrive it did and you might be able to get faster shipping. I took the default. I an looking to get another set of adapters this seller has for a lens hood.