JHAG Posted December 3, 2006 Share #21 Posted December 3, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sacrilege I know ..... You can non destructively remove the pull out lens hood from the Noctilux. Just in front of the aperture control ring there is a collar with three small screws. The collar has a white dot as an indicator for the aperture ring. If you carefully remove the screws you can slide off the collar and attached hood. Make sure before you do this you know which aperture value the dot is lined up with. You can then remove the screw that hold the hood guide rail and remove the rail and hood from the collar. Now put back the collar and three screws but without the hood or rail. To help align the collar/aperture mark and lens barrel you will find that you can see at the bottom of the screw holes the indents in the lens barrel previously left by the sharp screw points. Keep the hood, guide rail and attachment screw somewhere safe and you can return the lens to it's original condition if needed. After doing this I used a B+W 60-62mm step up ring and a B+W 62mm screw in hood to hold filters etc. This gives me a much more efficient hood for use with the R-D1. Also by changing the step up ring, if need be, you can choose a suitable hood for the M8. B&H have the 60-62mm stepping ring. Bob. That's exactly what has been done (professionnally) on mine, so I won't be nervous using it without any filter, with this longer protective hood by B + W Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/10123-noctilux-question/?do=findComment&comment=109909'>More sharing options...
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rfleica Posted December 3, 2006 Share #22 Posted December 3, 2006 i like the hood. what is the exact spec please?...i may order this from B+W myself. i haven't been able to track down a 60mm hood from them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHAG Posted December 3, 2006 Share #23 Posted December 3, 2006 Very nice solid metal hood : B+W (3 e) 62EI-60EA ∅ 62 mm I think you'll find it on their site directly. If not, try Ffordes in Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted December 3, 2006 Share #24 Posted December 3, 2006 I think that's Ffordes - ffordes photographic : Main Index Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHAG Posted December 3, 2006 Share #25 Posted December 3, 2006 Lapsus calami:D Don't think Ffordes is listed in Forbes 500:rolleyes: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted December 3, 2006 Share #26 Posted December 3, 2006 I just had a breakthrough on the unavailable 60mm UV-IR filters. The 62mm B+W 486 filters were commonly available and I got one a few weeks ago. The 62-60 stepping ring I ordered about three weeks ago was just shipped yesterday. I figured there is no way I would have that in time for a trip I am taking on Wednesday. I decided to take the 62mm UV-IR filter apart to see if I could get an optician to cut the glass down to fit in a 60mm B+W UV filter. Well, I got the 62mm F-pro UV-IR filter apart and realized the locking ring was 60mm thread. Lo and behold, the 62mm F-Pro filter glass will fit into the old standard B+W 60mm filter ring. Sorry about the crappy pictures, but all I has was the 19mm on the camera and I was so excited about this, I needed to get a picture to illustate it. Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eronald Posted December 3, 2006 Share #27 Posted December 3, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) HC, it's a Cambridge thing - Bob lives there, I studied there. The other Cambridge, I presume ? Edmund (Cantab, King's) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
osera Posted December 3, 2006 Share #28 Posted December 3, 2006 I have a 60-62 step ring with a 62mm B+W 486 filter here with a latest version Noctilux. The plastic hood easily pulls up over the ring/filter combo. Here are some pictures- 1- from the side, hood down 2- from the side, hood up 3- from angle, hood up. The edge of the filter is about 2.5 mm recessed in from the edge of the hood. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/10123-noctilux-question/?do=findComment&comment=110174'>More sharing options...
gravastar Posted December 4, 2006 Share #29 Posted December 4, 2006 [snip]Lo and behold, the 62mm F-Pro filter glass will fit into the old standard B+W 60mm filter ring. [snip] That's why the markings on the filter rim are different. Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted December 4, 2006 Share #30 Posted December 4, 2006 Very nice solid metal hood : B+W (3 e) 62EI-60EA ∅ 62 mmI think you'll find it on their site directly. If not, try Ffordes in Scotland. You can get the B+W 62mm metal hoods from Speed Graphic Mail Order Home Page they have the standard and tele ones, BWH9562 and BWH9662. Just enter metal hood into their search engine and click on the results which will then list ALL available sizes for that type. I'm not sure if the tele one is too long for the M8/Noctilux/stepping ring combination, from Robert's post the standard one is OK. Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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