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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Medium format / June 2008Cokin adapter for Hasselblad
I have a 'blad 503CW with the CFE 2.8/80 lens and I would like to get an adapter for the P series Cokin filters. I think what I need is the "Cokin Series P Hasselblad B60 Adapter Ring". Can anyone verify that? And on a somewhat related topic where does the "B60" designation come from for the Hasselblad lenses, I measured the bayonet diameter on the 2.8/80 lens and it is something like 64 mm or so depending on where you measure at. Is this just some kind of "nominal" size? Thanks! Bruce asked: >I have a 'blad 503CW with the CFE 2.8/80 lens and I would like to get an >adapter for the P series Cokin filters. I think what I need is the "Cokin >Series P Hasselblad B60 Adapter Ring". Can anyone verify that? That is correct. You would do better using filters (and adapters) from other manufacturers, like Lee or Cromatek. The Cokin thingies aren't exactly the best you can get. > And on a somewhat related topic where does the "B60" designation come from > for the Hasselblad lenses, I measured the bayonet diameter on the 2.8/80 > lens and it is something like 64 mm or so depending on where you measure > at. Is this just some kind of "nominal" size? It is that, more or less. Derived from, not the size of the mount (which is about 67 mm), but the size of the filter - the glass bit - itself. > Bruce asked: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Derived from, not the size of the mount (which is about 67 mm), but the > size of the filter - the glass bit - itself. Thanks for the response. I realize that the Cokin filters are not the best however I already have a number of them and so I just wanted to leverage them, if possible to do so at a low cost. > > Bruce asked: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > however I already have a number of them and so I just wanted to leverage > them, if possible to do so at a low cost. You would do better to get a Hasselblad to standard filter thread adapter, marketed by Kalt oh-so-many-years ago: googling just that I came up with http://www.lordofthelens.net/servlet/Detail?no=18 which gave me a site which will sell you the beastie for a paltry $28 David > You would do better to get a Hasselblad to standard filter thread > adapter, marketed by Kalt oh-so-many-years ago: googling just that I > came up with > http://www.lordofthelens.net/servlet/Detail?no=18 which gave me a site > which will sell you the beastie for a paltry $28 I don't know... they are cheap, but not very good either. But whatever you do, don't buy the particular one the link leads to. A 58 mm filter is way too small for bayonet 60 lenses. You need 67 mm filters. >> You would do better to get a Hasselblad to standard filter thread >> adapter, marketed by Kalt oh-so-many-years ago: googling just that I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > A 58 mm filter is way too small for bayonet 60 lenses. You need 67 mm > filters. Thanks guys for the tips. I'll look into those options. >> Bruce asked: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > however I already have a number of them and so I just wanted to leverage > them, if possible to do so at a low cost. A pro I know has a lot of Cokin filters that he uses for MF shooting (nature, landscapes). He mainly uses the grads for dusk or dawn shots. Despite the Cokins being plastic (acrylic?) his after 10 years were hardly scratched. He's a very "deliberate" shooter.  Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. > A pro I know has a lot of Cokin filters that he uses for MF shooting > (nature, landscapes). He mainly uses the grads for dusk or dawn shots. > Despite the Cokins being plastic (acrylic?) his after 10 years were hardly > scratched. He's a very "deliberate" shooter. The problem with Cokin filters is/was not that they are "plastic", and thus scratch more easily than glass filters. Lee or Cromatek filters, for instance, are also made of "plastic". The problem is/was with their quality: too many Cokins were/are uneven in optical density (not the colour - see later - but the material itself showing "schlieren"), warped and twisted, and not the right colour, or not evenly coloured. >> A pro I know has a lot of Cokin filters that he uses for MF shooting >> (nature, landscapes). He mainly uses the grads for dusk or dawn shots. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > showing "schlieren"), warped and twisted, and not the right colour, or not > evenly coloured. Be that as it may, the fellow in question uses only Cokin and he's a regular photog contributor to a few NA nature/outdoor rec. mags. Whatever harm they do to the photos would not seem to be apparent enough to matter. Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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