[LargeFormat] filters

[Rei Shinozuka]

sounds like my hasselblad pro shade...

just on a whim, i found that the 67 thread for the old 50mm C
threads right into the super angulon.  i guess step-up rings
for the 49mm thread of the 150 and 58mm of the 270 would work.

-rei

> From: Les Newcomer <lnphoto@twmi.rr.com>
> 
> The best filter holder for gels I've seen is the type that opens like a 
> book and then closes locking the  gel in between metal frames (with a hole 
> to shoot through)  these have a standard thread 72mm?? and can be adapted 
> up or down but I cobbled up a system where I added small struts of wood to 
> the inside of the lensboard with velcro at the ends.  The wood is just 
> slightly longer than the rear cell.  With velcro on the gell holder I can 
> quickly and easily add a filter to any of my lenses without looking for 
> rings and being inside, there's no chance of stray light hitting the 
> filter and causing a bad reflection because it wasn't perfectly flat.
> 
> Les
> 
> 
> On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 06:19 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:
> 
> > what are the various options for using filters in LF?  i'd like
> > to use #11 and #25 with my system which is a linhof STIV with 90,
> > 150 and 270 lenses.  i use gel filters on the hasselblad, and heliopans
> > with the leica. i'd like to use gel filters on the linhof.
> >
> > are there systems which hold gel filters, with different adapter rings
> > that would be usable for LF?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > -rei

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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey