Just measure inside the filter threads on the lens and add about 1mm. Gotta be 49, 52 or 55. Only sizes I've seen anyway.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: glenn murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Super Tak lens caps? > > > Unfortunately the filter size is not on the lens. The filter it came > with just slides into the back of the hood before the hood is screwed > on, the filter has no threads on it. I don't have anything in 55mm to > try, so I think maybe I'll just make a trip to Helix and look through > the bin of used caps and see if anything works. Failing that, I'll take > a look at my Dad's H1A next time I visit and steal his lens cap if it > fits. Maybe he'll trade it for the 33 to 35 year-old film I just > developed for him last night (among other things, it looks like he took > pictures of a TV screen when they were showing one of the Apollo moon > landings). > > Glenn > > > Graywolf wrote: > > > The only thing between 52 and 58 is 55mm. Usually it says the filter > > size on the lens. That would be separate from the 1:1.8/55mm, like > > (theta sign)55. Also the filter should be marked with the size. The > > lens originally came with a metal push-on cap about 3mm larger than > > the filter size. If my memomory serves correctly of my H3, bought new > > in '61 or so, 55mm was the correct size for the 55/1.8 Super Takumar. > > I think some of the later ST lenses used a smaller filter however, so > > your camera may have an eariler lens than the manual you have is > > talking about. > > > > graywolf > > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > > ----------------------------------- > > > > > > glenn murphy wrote: > > > >> A 49mm or 52mm clip-on slips all the way between the threads, 58mm is > >> too big. The H1A/H3V manual says it uses 49 filters and 51 caps, and > >> I'm not sure why they'd be different. > >> > >> Glenn > >> > >> > >> > >> William Robb wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "glenn murphy" > >>> Subject: Super Tak lens caps? > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi everybody, > >>>> > >>>> I made an impulse buy this past week and am now the proud owner of > >>>> a H3V with a Super Takumar 55mm 1:1.8 lens. I've never owned a > >>>> screwmount camera before and don't really know much about them. The > >>>> lens came with a hood with a skylight filter in it, but no caps. > >>>> Does anyone know what size/type cap I need and have any guess where > >>>> I might find one? This lens doesn't quite look like any of the > >>>> pictures I've seen on the web of this model. It has a silver filter > >>>> ring which seems to stick out further from the front element than > >>>> on the all-black ones I've seen. Any help would be appreciated. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I would think that any 49mm clip on cap would work. > >>> Have you tried putting a cap from another lens onto it to see? > >>> You can mix and match caps without causing famine. > >>> > >>> William Robb > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
