javier_saturno1 Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 I am using a Schneider 90 mm Makro Symar lens with a Rollei 6008i, and I have bought a few filters, especially for B&W outdoors shooting. In this circumstances, I find that a lens hood is mandatory, although neither Rollei nor Schneider make a lens hood for this lens.Can any user please help me with finding a lens hood for this lens?I find it pityful that one must use a 2500 $ lens and a 150 $ filter to get a flared, low-contrast picture!!Thanks in advance, Javier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemastre Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 Are there not Rollei or aftermarket lens shades available that screw into your filters? I use stepup rings to mount 55mm filters on all my lenses, medium format and 35mm format. Two or three 55mm screw-in lens shades of various depths accommodate all my lenses. I make deeper shades by attaching cardboard extensions to shallow shades. It isn't elegant, but it works. I'm sure you've looked for a bellows-type shade adaptable to your 90mm lens. (I was amused at the Rollei web site's comment that no lens shade is needed with the 90mm Schneider lens -- I guess they aren't interested in using filters.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_ongun Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 Check with Lindahl, they developed a bellows shade for Rollei last year. They should have a 95mm adapter for it as well. http://www.lslindahl.com/dedicatedshades.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_watkins1 Posted July 16, 2001 Share Posted July 16, 2001 Lee Filters makes a line that I've read other users of the 6008i have some experience with; ask me in a week or so and I'll tell you my experience... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yui_cheng Posted July 17, 2001 Share Posted July 17, 2001 Basically, if you do more nature type shoots, go with Lee system's choices. It has a wide assortment of color correction/toning/enhancing filters. If you do more portraitures, go with the Lindahl system, because it has more special effect add-ons. But the two are not very interchangeable due to the thickness of the filters. Sinar and Calumet also provide filter holder and adapter ring to accommodate the 95mm lenses. I personally find Lee more flexible in that you can adapt the filter holder to filters of many thicknesses, that'll enable you to use it not only for Lee's own filters but Calumet, Sinar and Tiffen filters as well. Cokin's X-Pro line is also good but I had no experience with it. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony_lee4 Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 You should try the hood for 180mm F2.8. They will fit on the outer mount of the 90mm. It is very expensive however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug_brightwell1 Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Sure it's expensive... but at least you can take comfort in the fact that it's also poorly designed! :-) It's _round_ while the camera format is square.Even my cheaper Japanese 35mm camera has lens shades that are cut based on the realization that the film format is a rectangle, not a circle. And yes, I own a round 180mm shade and occasionally use it on my 90mm... and constantly wonder what those Rollei guys could possibly have been thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_chow Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 I've looked into this before. The 90/4 apo's front element is recessed so the lens body acts like a hood, but that's assuming you're not using any filters. As far as an easy fix, the easiest is the Lee bellows lens shade using their 95mm adapter (they also make a Rollei bay VI adapter). Another possibility is if you have a spare 180/2.8/110/2 hood lying around. It isn't deep enough to give good coverage for the 180/2.8, and if you use it with the 90/4, it almost works (tiny bit of vignetting in the corners). You can cut out the corners (like those lens shades for many 35mm slr zooms). Another possibility, and the most elegant but most expensive, is to have a custom bay 104 adapter made to fit the Hasselblad proshade (or have a 95mm ring made, but it means you have to thread it into the filter, so it's slower to use). The last method, which is what I use, is the old-fashioned method; I use my felt hat (full brim) to shade out the sun. You can see the entire image in the waistlevel finder and hold the hat in place while using the self-timer. Not only that, but you can wear the hat, so that's one less piece of equipment to purchase. It also works great on my 6x17 (no lens hood for that) and 4x5. Remember, if the sun isn't in the shot, you should be able to hold the hat (or gray card or anything) in the way to cover the sun. A little stray light entering the lens is no big deal, just as long as there' s no direct sunlight shining on the glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javier_saturno1 Posted July 19, 2001 Author Share Posted July 19, 2001 Hmmm, well, I can see that there is no easy solution to this issue. Regarding advise on other filters, I want to thank you BUT, the problem is that I have already bought Heliopan, so thats not an option.Regarding the 180/2.8 hood: it does vignette on the 90 at f/4. I dont like that! It might as well be minor, but it does unease me to purchase such accesory for its money and get such poor results.Regarding the Lindahl system: (and I quote from the webpage):30-1018 Rollei Dedicated Lens Shade System. Includes Modular Bell-O-Shade, Rollei Base Lens Clamp, and Rollei Bay VI Adapter Ring ... $320.How can I know that it will work with the 90? Is anybody using it, or is it a matter of trial and error?Regarding, finally, the Hat solution (Thanks Jim): I know that would be an option, but I would like to find a better solution. I am not sure I wont be ruining frames once in a while due to not shading enough or shading too much and getting the hat in the frame.C'mon, please tell me there is a satisfactory solution, please please!!!:-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_jim Posted July 22, 2001 Share Posted July 22, 2001 Heliopan also makes metal (short & long depths) & rubber lens shades in many sizes to at least 104mm. Ken Hansen Photo in NYC probably has the most in-stock than any other dealer, and they're honorable people. Heliopan metal lens shades are threaded all the way through, which allows me to place a soft focus filter further away from the front lens element for a more pronounced ef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javier_saturno1 Posted August 20, 2001 Author Share Posted August 20, 2001 I have decided to purchase the lens hood for the 180/2.8 or the 110/2. Does anyone have an idea of how to machine it not to get vignetting with the 90/4 Schneider lens? (i.e.: distances and shape of the "cut offs". Thanks in Advance, Javier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william_carter1 Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 I'm very interested to hear if you ever found out how to cut the 180mm hood to avoid vignetting with the 90mm. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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