filter & lens shade

[back alley]

greetings!

due to my recent ebay 'win' i am in need of a yellow filter, size 34 mm and a lens shade, same size - both for a serenar 100/4 lens.

i have found an original shade on the net but it costs more than the lens did and seems a foolish purchase to me.

if any of you photo gurus knows where this stuff might be bought at a 'reasonable' price please let me know.

much appreciated,
joe

[Flinor]

Joe, I don't know about "reasonable", but Ive had some luck e-mailing or phoning some the collectible camera dealers. Quite often filters and shades don't get to their websites. I'd try KEH, Ritz collectibles, Manfred Schmidt, Brooklyn Camera, Woodmere Camera. For a very comprehensive list of dealers go to: http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/albro/html.

Good luck.

[back alley]

hey gerry,

thanks for the info. i just started that very process.

i know reasonable is a vague term but i'm hoping for something less that the price of the lens itself.
btw- that link isn't working, at least not for me.

joe

[Rich Silfver]

I like vintage camera in the UK a lot:
http://www.vintagecameras.co.uk/hoods.htm

Or email the friendly people at Luton Camera in the UK: http://www.lutcamre.demon.co.uk/

[JohnM]

There is a guy doing business as Todco Camera Brokers who always has a ton of fairly reasonably priced odd-sized filters and shades. I would check his site and then email for more inventory.

http://www.mindspring.com/~todcam/filters.htm

Cambridgeworld.com sells a 34mm shade for $25. Don't know much else about them other than some of their prices on cameras are way out of line.

[back alley]

thanks for the sites guys.

john, i just emailed an order to todco.

they didn't have everything i wanted but they had a shade for 3 bucks! and i found a couple of filters for the canon 50 (series 6) and one for my cv 75. (43mm)
all for like 14 dollars u.s.

thanks,
joe

[JohnM]

Let me know how it works out, Joe!

[Russ]

Originally posted by backalley photo
thanks for the sites guys.

john, i just emailed an order to todco.

they didn't have everything i wanted but they had a shade for 3 bucks! and i found a couple of filters for the canon 50 (series 6) and one for my cv 75. (43mm)
all for like 14 dollars u.s.

thanks,
joe

Please pardon my ignorance, but what's the story/history on the "series" filter's and hoods? Is this an older system? I am constantly coming across them in the older camera shops and swap meets.

Russ

[bmattock]

Originally posted by JohnM
There is a guy doing business as Todco Camera Brokers who always has a ton of fairly reasonably priced odd-sized filters and shades. I would check his site and then email for more inventory.

http://www.mindspring.com/~todcam/filters.htm

Cambridgeworld.com sells a 34mm shade for $25. Don't know much else about them other than some of their prices on cameras are way out of line.

I would like to say that I have not heard good things about Cambridge. I have no personal experience with them, so I would urge anyone who planned to use them to check out their ratings on the 'net and deal with them as they see fit after that.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

[bmattock]

Originally posted by Russ
Please pardon my ignorance, but what's the story/history on the "series" filter's and hoods? Is this an older system? I am constantly coming across them in the older camera shops and swap meets.

Russ

May I refer you to this thread?

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1075&highlight=canon+series+lens+hood

Canon Series Lens Hoods and Filters (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1075&highlight=canon+series+lens+hood)

Yes, 'series' filters are older, non-threaded filters that were intended to drop in to filter adapters / lens hoods that fit a variety of cameras. In the days when every manufacturer had their own lens filter size, and some didn't have standard metric threading (or any threading at all, such as a bayonet mount or a slip-on mount), the 'series' style filters were a very economical way to go. Just choose the next larger size up from your lens size, get a lens adapter, and away you go. When you get another camera or lens, just get a new adapter and keep using your filters.

Great concept and very economical, but didn't ultimately work that well because changing the filters is a 'fiddly' process - slow and prone to dropping filters or smudging them AND it is hard to 'stack' filters in a most filter holders. Didn't work at ALL for polarized filters, to the best of my knowledge.

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

[Scarpia]

Originally posted by JohnM
There is a guy doing business as Todco Camera Brokers who always has a ton of fairly reasonably priced odd-sized filters and shades. I would check his site and then email for more inventory.

http://www.mindspring.com/~todcam/filters.htm

Cambridgeworld.com sells a 34mm shade for $25. Don't know much else about them other than some of their prices on cameras are way out of line.

Stay away from Cambridgeworld. Their store was closed by the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs over a year ago and they are now a website with no given address and an unlisted telephone number. Sad, because they were for many years a very interesting store.
Kurt M.

[JohnM]

Wow - they're closed?

I used to buy things there off and on and while they did indeed have that NYC electronic store sleaze vibe going, you were all right so long as you made sure you knew what you were doing.

[Flinor]

My bad, Joe,

The correct address is http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/albro.html. A dot instead of a backslash. It's quite a list and an entry to a bunch of very interesting other sites.

[Flinor]

Joe, cancel that. I can't make it work from here either. I'm going back to the drawing board.

[Flinor]

Let's try this one: http://medfmt.8k.com/mf The list is the first one under the first subheading called something like Jeff Albro's buying guide. The most comprehensive list I've yet run across.

[back alley]

thanks for the extra effort gerry. that list looks intimidating it's has so many places on it.

i think i found a lens hood but the price seems to good to be true, guess i'll find out. if the hood fits then i'll have to track down a series v yellow filter.

i have to admit, being part of the working poor makes the hunt for a good deal somewhat exciting.

joe

[back alley]

i just 'won' a series v yellow & red filter on ebay.
this is falling into place quite nicely.

the sky will be falling soon...;)

joe

[rover]

Isn't that what they said on the "A Team"

I like when a plan comes together.

[back alley]

a team?

i thought you were a young guy!
must be reruns.

joe

[rover]

38 isn't young.

[back alley]

Originally posted by rover
38 isn't young.

it is to a 53 year old with diabetes and arthritis, with bad knees to boot.

so, been to the bank, mailed off 3 money orders and now just need to wait for lens, shade and filters.

ahhhhh:D

joe

[rover]

Why do we have to talk about our health, believe me, my body has more miles on it than it should too. Mostly because I have not moved to a cannoli disadvantaged community. Before we pledge to loose those extra 25 lbs and exersize for 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week like our doctors would like, lets take care of this pastry problem of yours. I think you will have to take matters into your own hands.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_11427,00.html

or

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_11427,00.html

You will have to find the metal tubes to make the shells online at a gourmet cooking site. There has to be a link somewhere on this site that can help.

http://www.cucinait.com/cucinait/Home/Home.asp
(this is an awsome magazine)

Edit, here is the english version of that website

http://www.italiancookingandliving.com/index.html

[back alley]

rover,

thanks for the sites, i have added them to my 'recipes' folder.

i just came back from shopping and one of my stops was downtown in the very small italian district. i picked up some provolone, nice and strong, aged, along with salami, genoa mild, proscuitti, nice big fat green olives, fresh italian bread, some orangina to drink...ahhh

joe