Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
Alex TG wrote: |
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/160322-REG/Heliopan_700283_34mm_40_5mm_Step_Up.html
Alternatively, you can use 34-37mm plus 37-40.5mm rings, they both are quite plenty |
The B&H is the only one I saw. At $30 including postage to UK and possibly with import duty and collection fee from Royal Mail it will cost Too much. I've bought things from the US and Aus before, the Tax and collection fee is eyewatering. For a $20 (£16) item there is 20% tax £3.20 plus £8 collection fee making it cost £27.20 ($34.06) plus $10.50 postage.
I was looking at the possibility of the 2 step rings. I have a nice collection of 50's proxar lenses and zeiss and voigtlander coloured filters in 40.5 it would be a shame not to use them. But the rings are quite expensive compared to others. Then I realised why, 34mm is the same thread as some Leitz lenses, this is why there is a premium on them.
Looking at making one, I took the glass out of an old Chinese 40.5 filter and discovered that it slips right over the Seagull's lens and grips tightly. Problem solved. _________________ Hero in the 'messin-with-cameras-for-the-hell-of-it department'. Official. |