I'm looking for a lens hood for a Nikkor 5cm f2 LTM lens which I believe is 40.5mm fine thread pitch. On the bay there a many 40.5mm but as they don't specify I fear they are .75 thread pitch - the current standard. Any thoughts on a lens hood for this lens? I see some clamp on hoods there but they tend to get expensive for one in decent condition.
I had that Nikkor 50/2 and it took the same 40.5mm accessories as my other LTM and Contax stuff, including more than one eBay filter. I would expect the hoods you're looking at to work.
I have bought a couple of inexpensive, metal, vented, 40.5mm hoods on ebay. FWIW, they fit my Canon and Jupiter LTM lenses just fine. I felt the finish was fine.
As an alternative, you could also get an S42 hood from Canon. It is a clamp on hood so the thread pitch will not matter. I don't have that Nikon lens so I cannot guarantee it will fit.
As I mentioned threads a little stiff - maybe very slight damage to the threads on the lens. Both the B and W filter and the lens are I believe brass. Is there anything I can use as a lube to help smooth it out? A micro touch of clock oil? Or wax?
As I mentioned threads a little stiff - maybe very slight damage to the threads on the lens. Both the B and W filter and the lens are I believe brass. Is there anything I can use as a lube to help smooth it out? A micro touch of clock oil? Or wax?
I haven't gotten too scientific about it, but with the inexpensive anodized alumin(i)um step-up rings and such, I scrape a few tiny bits of wax off the end of a birthday cake candle into the threads at intervals around the circumference. I then screw it in and out a few times and wipe off any visible remnants. I suspect very tiny dots of a carnauba wax auto polish might be a candidate also. I would fear anything toward the oily side would migrate to undesirable places.
As I mentioned threads a little stiff - maybe very slight damage to the threads on the lens. Both the B and W filter and the lens are I believe brass. Is there anything I can use as a lube to help smooth it out? A micro touch of clock oil? Or wax?
Have a look/touch at the male threads. Sometimes their ridges are not smooth cut. Going around such thread with a fine nail sanding-blade will smoothen those ridges. That might help. Though typically those ridges do not touch the grooves other than at the very start.