I'm not sure anymore. At one point yesterday I tried to see if it came
off and ended up removing the whole front of the lens. I'll take another
look. Thanks.
Glenn
Peter J. Alling wrote:
That looks like a standard super tak 55mm with an ugly aluminum stepup
ring screwed into it's filter ring. Are you sure that's part of the
lens?
glenn murphy wrote:
The outer diameter seems to be about 55mm, the inner diameter is
around 53/54mm. The filter that was in the hood is a "Ednalite"
Duraklad coated skylight. I put some pics of the lens on the web:
http://home.comcast.net/~gutenberg14/IMGP0800.jpg
<http://home.comcast.net/%7Egutenberg14/IMGP0801.jpg>
http://home.comcast.net/~gutenberg14/IMGP0801.jpg
<http://home.comcast.net/%7Egutenberg14/IMGP0801.jpg>
http://home.comcast.net/~gutenberg14/IMGP0802.jpg
<http://home.comcast.net/%7Egutenberg14/IMGP0802.jpg>
Glenn
Don Sanderson wrote:
Just measure inside the filter threads on the lens
and add about 1mm.
Gotta be 49, 52 or 55. Only sizes I've seen anyway.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: glenn murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:01 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Super Tak lens caps?
Unfortunately the filter size is not on the lens. The filter it
came with just slides into the back of the hood before the hood is
screwed on, the filter has no threads on it. I don't have anything
in 55mm to try, so I think maybe I'll just make a trip to Helix and
look through the bin of used caps and see if anything works.
Failing that, I'll take a look at my Dad's H1A next time I visit
and steal his lens cap if it fits. Maybe he'll trade it for the 33
to 35 year-old film I just developed for him last night (among
other things, it looks like he took pictures of a TV screen when
they were showing one of the Apollo moon landings).
Glenn
Graywolf wrote:
The only thing between 52 and 58 is 55mm. Usually it says the
filter size on the lens. That would be separate from the
1:1.8/55mm, like (theta sign)55. Also the filter should be marked
with the size. The lens originally came with a metal push-on cap
about 3mm larger than the filter size. If my memomory serves
correctly of my H3, bought new in '61 or so, 55mm was the correct
size for the 55/1.8 Super Takumar. I think some of the later ST
lenses used a smaller filter however, so your camera may have an
eariler lens than the manual you have is talking about.
graywolf
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glenn murphy wrote:
A 49mm or 52mm clip-on slips all the way between the threads,
58mm is too big. The H1A/H3V manual says it uses 49 filters and
51 caps, and I'm not sure why they'd be different.
Glenn
William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "glenn murphy"
Subject: Super Tak lens caps?
Hi everybody,
I made an impulse buy this past week and am now the proud owner
of a H3V with a Super Takumar 55mm 1:1.8 lens. I've never owned
a screwmount camera before and don't really know much about
them. The lens came with a hood with a skylight filter in it,
but no caps. Does anyone know what size/type cap I need and
have any guess where I might find one? This lens doesn't quite
look like any of the pictures I've seen on the web of this
model. It has a silver filter ring which seems to stick out
further from the front element than on the all-black ones I've
seen. Any help would be appreciated.
I would think that any 49mm clip on cap would work.
Have you tried putting a cap from another lens onto it to see?
You can mix and match caps without causing famine.
William Robb
