The rare Rolleiflex BayII lens hood...

I have received the wrong lens hood on two occasions. Both evilbay

sellers claimed their hood was a bayII, but one was in fact a bayI

and the other a collapsible Rollei bayIII. Now that I know how a

bayII should physically look like, I discovered that these are in

fact rarer than hen's teeth and thus extremely expensive... Now I am

thinking of buying one of those (cheaper) bayII to 52mm or 49mm

converter rings and using my Nikon 52mm screw in hood. But perhaps

this hood will be too large/wide to be effective? I suspect that

these adapters are rather intended to use 52mm filters -not hoods- on

your TLR. Has anyone tried this please?

BTW, I have a pristine metal no-brand bayI hood with leather case to

give away for free (shipping cost USD12.00), as well as an original

Rollei bayIII (collapsible rubber) hood for sale (USD45.00 +

shipping)!

This doesn't exactly answer your question, but I use a Bay I to 49mm stepping ring on my Yashicamat and Microcord and I put a "standard" 49mm screw lens hood on that. The hood is effective, I think. There is no vignetting but you can see the top of the hood in the finder. The same would probably apply in the Bay II situation.

Benny,

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before giving up try german e*ay: I paid less than EUR 10 for a worn, but usable Bay II Rollei metal shade. If you want to go the step-up way, all 52mm screw-in shades should work since they use the same thread as the filters.

My memory is short (maybe shot)but please remind me what model Rollei was the Bay II used on? I have a Rollei E3.5 Planar with its dedicated Rollei square lens hood and had a Rollei D2.8 Xenotar with same. I forget was the latter a Bay III? If so what was a Bay II used on? While I'm at it, what did the grey Baby (127) Rollei use? Was it also bayonet?

Ritz Collectibles has a NOS rubber collapsible hood in Bay II for just over $100. Not cheap but you can look at its photo on their sight. Plus they tend to get things in, so you could send them a note requesting a metal one if they can find it. http://www.ritzcam.com

Thanks for the replies, guys. To Lester : my camera is a 1962-ish 3.5F with f3.5 Planar lens. I think the same camera with a f2.8 lens takes the bayIII. To Kai : in case go for the step-up adapter option, do you know if a 49mm screw-in hood will do (vignetting?) or should I go for a 52mm hood (not too wide to be effective?).

Jorn, Woooh that collapsible bayII hood at Ritzcam looks way cool! Pitty it is so expensive (for me)...

Lester,

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All 2.8 models with a Xenotar or Planar lens should have a BAY III, all 3.5 models with Xenotars and Planars BAY II. The Tessar or Xenar-lensed Rolleiflexes have all Bay I except for the 2.8A and the early ones. If I saw it correct, the Baby Rollei also uses the Bay I, but special lens hoods.

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There is currently a Baj II hood on german eBay under article number 7511817953, still no bids with 2 days left. Since it is from a dealer maybe they accept credit cards - and for EUR 20 plus shipping you will have quite a chance to get it.

I had an older Rollei that took Bay I filters/hoods. I put on a 49mm adapter and used a generic collapsible hood. It fit fine and no vignetting; although it was noticeable in the viewing lens.

 

Alan

I use my Bay III Rollei with a 52mm ring which ties me into my Nikon 35mm filters and hoods. I find that the 50/1.4 hood works fine, though a square Rollei hood would be nice. (won one on ebay, then the seller vanished, my one and only bad experience, though I think she became seriously ill and/or died)

Thanks Kai, I made a bid on that BayII hood on the German *bay and keep my fingers crossed... If I am outbid by someone richer I will finally go with a bay/52mm step ring and a regular 52mm screw-in hood, as I expect 49mm to be too small for a BayII lens? OTOH, I am very happy to have won a B&W 30mm push-on hood for my Isolette III. It costed only EUR4.00 !! I also bought a EUR2.00 Agfa 30mm push on yellow filter with case from the same German *bay seller. Sometimes I AM lucky - most of the time not though, heheh.

Benny, I won bid on a Rollei Bay III. When I received it, it would NOT fit my 2.8F.Too small! The seller screwed me and did not reply to my complaints to him.I still have the hood. How can I tell if it's the one YOU need? Email me.(flhted@aol.com)

Ted, I sent you an email... if it is a bayII hood I am interested !

You can get a Heliopan rubber lenshade (II) from Ken Hansen in New York, or wherever Heliopan filters are sold. ALSO, check out Manfred Schmidt in Chicago, a GREAT person to deal with, he may just have a Rollei shade at a good price..

BTW, I have a rubber Heliopan BAY III hood lying around, since I usually use my worn original metal shade. For EUR 20 it is yours - anyone interested?