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Hoods for Contax 645


bernard_frank

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I feel for you man. But it makes me feel a little better about my decision to sell off my Contax 645 outfit back in 2003 (645 Body, Prism, Grip, 2 film backs, 45mm, 80mm, 140mm, 210mm, 120mm Macro). At the time, I went to the Hasselblad V system because of the unfulfilled promise of leaf shutter lenses from Contax. There was the MAM-1 Adapter, but I figured that if I were going to use Hasselblad lenses, I may just as well switch the body as well. OTOH, the V system is also dying. Hasselblad seems to be in the process of giving the V system a slow death, but at least there is a ton of stuff on the used market for it.

 

In all fairness though, I thought the Zeiss lenses for the Contax were simply superb. Easily the equal, if not sharper than the 'Blad lenses. I also found the ergonmics of the Contax 645 to be very nice, and the build quality of the lenses to be outstanding.

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bernard:

 

I would suggest getting the compendium hood as it will work with all lenses down to I believe 45mm.

 

It's listed as GB-B1 & goes for about the same price as some single hoods.

 

See:

http://www.photo.net/photo/3968003

 

This is an image from the Contax brochure.

 

I agree - they are hard to find now - maybe a company will make a set of generic hoods sized exactly the same as the originals.

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Thanks, guys. Yes, Lee, I have a bellows hood in my sights from a friend of mine. I first

turned it down because it is big and unwieldy but I might reconsider. There is also the

Cokin solution and its square hoods you can pile on top of one another on the same

adaptor and holder as their filter system. I'll look into that as well.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Bernard,

 

get to eBay...

 

search for "Contax 645 lens hood"

 

Currently there are two 71s, one 72, and one each 101 and 74 listed. Now

how is that?!!

 

TIP:

Hit the "advanced search" blue link (below the "search" field) in the top right

part of the page.

Fill in a search for "Contax 645 lens hood", and save it as a 'favourite search'.

Then ask to be alerted by email when new items come up for auction.

 

Whenever a new hood is listed you will receive a mail automatically. Go

online and bid. All the best.

 

I have recently got two hoods, a 210 lens and a cable release, all in great

shape, off eBay. Since I have been watching the Contax 645 item very closely

over the last few months (my favourite search alert is for "Conatx 645"), I know

that hoods regularly come up for auction. So much so that I am confident you

will find them easily.

 

Milan

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