Bellows Lens Shade for Bay VI

[yui_cheng]

Hi folks,

 

I have one Rollei bellows lens shade but have not used it much with my

67mm lenses because it could not accommodate glass filters in its

filter slot. I am thinking of expanding into the 95mm sized lenses

(180 and 300) and noticed that Lindahl sells special bellows kit for

Rolleiflex cameras for both the 67mm and 95mm lenses and also takes

advantage of Lindahl's various filter and special effect sets. Could

anyone share his/her experience with us?

[edward_s_carmick]

I think the Lindahl system would be good if you could get adapters for the Rollei B VI or 67 mm with adapter, 95 mm and 77 mm adapters.

The Rollei bellows lens shade was designed when Rollei only had the B VI mount. It is not as useful as the Hasselblad version. I have adapted the Hasselblad compendium lens shade to all three filter sizes above. It is a great shade. I have also adapted the Sinar 100 mm filter system to all three diameters. This permits three filters and the ability to use the wonderful Singh graduates. Lastly I can fit the Hassy shade on to the front of the Sinar system when the lenses are long enough.

I did spend a lot of money having Steve Grimes make me some adapter rings.

Ed Carmick