PDA

View Full Version : Nikon 48 mm Filter

clarkmac
10-01-2005, 13:26
I have a black 85mm Nikkor that is my favorite. I have always used it with a Nikon sunshade that is also a Series VII filter holder. Now I would like to de-bulk the set-up and shoot w/o the hood. For this I would like to have a srew-in Skylight filter, but can't find one to fit. The lens has, I think, a 48 x 0.5 mm thread and this seems to be unusual (unique ?). Anyone have any ideas about where to go for what I want?

Clark
back alley
10-01-2005, 13:35
there were quite a few 48mm uv/skylight filters on ebay this week, mostly no name though.

joe
back alley
10-01-2005, 13:42
b+w (http://www.madsens.com.au/hoyacart/b%2Bw/pricelist.php?f=fs_bwscrew48)


hoya (http://www.madsens.com.au/hoyacart/hoya/pricelist.php?f=fs_hoyasuv_s)
Brian Sweeney
10-01-2005, 14:22
It uses the same filters as the Canonet QL17 GIII and Canon 50mm F1.4. I have found them in the local Ritz. Cokin made some cheap thin ones. Hoya is good, B+W is the best going these days.
VinceC
10-02-2005, 04:25
You can also buy a step-up ring to a more common filter and shade size, such as 49mm or 52mm.
ch1
10-03-2005, 10:03
I have a black 85mm Nikkor that is my favorite. I have always used it with a Nikon sunshade that is also a Series VII filter holder. Now I would like to de-bulk the set-up and shoot w/o the hood. For this I would like to have a srew-in Skylight filter, but can't find one to fit. The lens has, I think, a 48 x 0.5 mm thread and this seems to be unusual (unique ?). Anyone have any ideas about where to go for what I want?

Clark

One source: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=search&Q=&a=27_298&shs=&ci=143&ac=&Submit.x=12&Submit.y=11&Submit=Go
clarkmac
10-06-2005, 06:56
Thanks to all who offered help on this topic. I bought a 48mm Hoya Skylight filter for $1.50 on ebay to try and IT FITS!

Clark
ZivcoPhoto
11-22-2005, 20:47
Canon Filters for the 50's and 60's Canon lenses are fine but be advised most of them will not accept a screw on accessory (hood) as there are no threads...Canons of that era used clamp on hoods.

Be careful on trying to mount 48mm filters with the wrong pitch..I tried mounting one on one of my 85mm F2 Nikkors and the front third of the lens started to unscrew when I tried to take it off!
Brian Sweeney
11-23-2005, 04:12
WELCOME ZivcoPhoto! Another Obsessed by Nikon!

Be sure to post on the Nikon Forum!!!

Some thread's over there on the 5cm F1.4 with samples, etc.
VinceC
11-23-2005, 04:34
Welcome. I'm always glad to see someone who's obsessively Nikon.

I've found that the front elements of most 1950s Nikkors are prone to unscrewing while removing filters. My 2.8cm, 3.5cm and 5 cm are all culprits. The 3.5cm f/1.8 is the worst. I usually have to unscrew the front element along with the filter before then unscrewing the filter. I'm not sure filter pitch is always the problem, because I have a couple of Nikon filters 43mm filters from that era, and they also stick on tightly. Main problem appears to be a lack of set screws.
BillBingham2
11-25-2005, 14:25
I got a few Vivitar filters from the UK, 48mm do not fit. I remember researching and finding something about the early filters not being standarized the way they are now. So much so I've been keeping my eye open for older filters.
ZivcoPhoto
12-12-2005, 21:56
Vince

I read on another forum where carefully running the side of the sharpened lead point of a regular pencil (when was the last time you used one of those?) on the threads (male) of the filter will possibly eliminate this problem as long as you are using the CORRECT pitch filter.

Thanks Brian....I do post on the Nikon Forum under my alter ego which ends in Milloy...also on the Leica Forum. I have got too many cameras...this is becoming an addiction....but I could get rid of them all but the S2 and the F3HP and be perfectly satisfied.
VinceC
12-13-2005, 01:39
Zivcophoto,

Thanks for the pencil tip ... er, advice. My 2nd Grader will probably let me borrow her pencil if I help her with her homework.