Norman Peritore Posted June 14, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 14, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dear Friends, I inherited 3 lovely R lenses from my Father, but am not sure what UV filters to buy as the phi sizes are not indicated and the filters are recessed. Please help. Vario Elmar R 3.5/28-70 Summicron R 2/50 Elmarit R 2.8/135 these lenses have an amazing cinematic quality and pinsharp focus. i am using them on a sony ar7II, for lack of capital to buy an M240 which would recognize them. Ms give better color rendition than the sony. Thanks for any help you can provide. Patrick Recife, Brazil Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 14, 2019 Posted June 14, 2019 Hi Norman Peritore, Take a look here UV filter sizes for R lenses. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
a.noctilux Posted June 14, 2019 Share #2 Posted June 14, 2019 Welcome Patrick, Once I had the Vario-Elmar-R 28-70, nice lens "offered" as a kit with Leica R5 then (even made by Sygma), this one in Wiki with no mention of the filter thread, if I recall well it's E60 a rare dimension. Summicron-R 2/50mm I is " Filter type - Series VI + 14160 " if first model (link to Wiki) 14160 is filter holder as Series filters have no thread on them. or E55 if second model (as here in Wiki) Elmarit-R 2.8/135 Series VII for first model or E55 for second model ( link to Wiki ) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted June 16, 2019 Share #3 Posted June 16, 2019 The Leica Wiki pages on the R lenses is an incredibly helpful resource. Most of the R lenses are well documented there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 18, 2019 Share #4 Posted June 18, 2019 As a current owner and user of the 28-70-R and 50/2-R I can confirm that the filters are e60 and e55 respectively. The hood for the 28-70 mark.2 is an odd one as it does not screw into the e60 inner barrel but into the outer barrel and is Leica part number 12437. There is another e65mm Leica hood which fits but I don't think it is reversible like the 12437, which has an additional threaded sleeve on the inside of the hood. The mark.1 version of this lens has a built in hood. The Leica lens cap (74mm) for use with the foregoing hood is 14233. I found my one was slightly loose, maybe due to worn ribs on the inside or just age. It was nothing that a couple of strips of physiotherapists' zinc oxide joint strapping tape (the world's stickiest tape and very strong), stolen from my wife's clinic, could not sort out. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted June 19, 2019 Share #5 Posted June 19, 2019 My first series Summicron-R 50mm takes Series VI filters and accessories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 19, 2019 Share #6 Posted June 19, 2019 Even though the e60 filter size is somewhat uncommon in the wider camera world, it is a favourite size for Leica. I think I have 5 or 6 Leica lenses which use it, so have a range of e60 filters, UV, Skylight, KR12/85B warming, polarising, ND -4EV, yellow, orange, etc. The only filter I could not find at the time in e60, was a variable ND to use on my 0.95 Noctilux, so I use an e62 with an e60 to e62 step up ring. However even an expensive B+W Variable ND filter causes noticeable image degradation, so I tend to use either a polaroid -2EV or a fixed -4EV ND filter instead. Wilson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted June 20, 2019 Share #7 Posted June 20, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Wilson, Over time, I have some E60 filters from Leitz / Leica to mount on my R and M lenses. Some more informations. Leica R lenses that need this E60 : first version of Macro-Elmarit-R 2.8/60mm (11 203), Vario-Elmar-R 3.5/35-70 (some), 4/35-70 (11 277), 3.5-4.5/28-70 (11 364), 4/80-200 (11 281), Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 2.8/100 (11352), Apo-Telyt-R 3.4/180 (11 242, 11 358) While M lenses use also this E60 thread : Elmarit-M 2.8/21 (11 134) , Noctilux 1/50 (11 821, 11 822, but if 1.0 former first version to n° 2 919 656 filter E58), Summilux-M 1.4/75 (11 815) For reference, I add here the "man. code" for Leitz E60 filter : UVa 13 381 , yellow-green 13 392, orange 13 383, pol. 13 406 Please feel free to add other "E60" informations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 20, 2019 Share #8 Posted June 20, 2019 Also e60 are the 24/2.8 Elmarit-R and the 50/0.95 Noctilux-M, ..........any maybe others. 😀 Wilson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masjah Posted June 20, 2019 Share #9 Posted June 20, 2019 3 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: Also e60 are the 24/2.8 Elmarit-R and the 50/0.95 Noctilux-M, ..........any maybe others. 😀 Wilson ...... for example the 90/2 Apo Asph.... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted June 20, 2019 Share #10 Posted June 20, 2019 36 minutes ago, masjah said: ...... for example the 90/2 Apo Asph.... Thanks John, 11 350 ( Tech data Apo-Summicron-R 90mm Asph. in .pdf from Wiki ) production 2002-2009 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan.y Posted June 26, 2019 Share #11 Posted June 26, 2019 And Summilux-R 50mm E60 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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