Thanks for that. The Hasselblad is new to me, don't have a lens hood yet. Thou when one does use real filters (non protection) it kinda makes the hood unusable in most cases. Grad filters, CPOL but the b/w colored filters can still work thou like a yellow. Coming from initially 35mm format most of my filters are 77mm.
Not sure a B60 adapter plus filter will be really much cheaper than a B60 filter.
With a bit of searching I found B60 filters in good to new condition for 30-50 €.
(but again I haven't researched how much B60-77 adapters and 77 filters cost)
I have one B60 adapter + 77mm (?) filter which came with one of my lenses, and use B60 filters on every other one.
In a nutshell:
Pros of B60: easy to put in place and remove (great when using color filters).
Cons of B60: Some do not "stick" well to the lens and come off when removing the lens cap.
Pros of adapter + threaded filter: lens cap is easier to remove, lens caps are cheaper and easier to find.
Cons: not as convenient to use for me, as all my filters are B60 (including the Lee filter adapter). YMMV.
Hope this helps.
Why do you think the hood is unusable? Are you referring to if/when a 77 filter is used?Thanks for that. The Hasselblad is new to me, don't have a lens hood yet. Thou when one does use real filters (non protection) it kinda makes the hood unusable in most cases. Grad filters, CPOL but the b/w colored filters can still work thou like a yellow. Coming from initially 35mm format most of my filters are 77mm.
P.S. One "economical" notion I abandon a long time ago is adapters to share filters. It's just a hassle. So I have a filter wallet with 49, another with 52, another with 67, and one with Bay-60... and "redundant" filters as required. Much less hassle when shooting. A bit of an expense to set up that way but it has repaid in convenience many times over.
Why do you think the hood is unusable? Are you referring to if/when a 77 filter is used?
No, I do not think I'm missing anything. All of my Hassy lenses are B-60. The other filters are for other systems: 52 for Nikon, etc. so one filter wallet is with the Hassy and another is with the Nikon, etc. Grab-and-go...You are completely missing one of the many Hasselblad advantages: almost all CF and higher lenses use B60 filters. Therefore after protecting each lens with a skylight or UV filter, one set of filters can be used for the CF lenses. I have done that for years and most other Hasselblad users do exactly that. It makes the more expensive filters available to almost all the CF and higher lenses. Now of course Minolta, Nikon, Canon and others tended to standardize on one or two filter sizes for most of their lenses. The off brand lenses not so much.
So that's true, but I've shopped hard for bargains and it seems others have too, to make the cost of convenience as affordable as possible. I'm not much of a filter user anyway - a couple of contrast filters, a "soft focus" or two and a ND seems to suit my style.Yeah ... which means the expense of another filter set in B60 but I use a lot of the square filters for color landscapes ....... I use them often enough my B/W filters are also square.
I use62 or 67mm filters and a step-up ring without issues.I am having a looking at a protection filter re: B60 size. Tiffen has a single coat filter but the multi-coat ones are expensive. What do you think about using a step up ring (I have already) then use something like a 77mm MC protection filter on it?
Other thing is with a B60 sized filter, can the normal Hasselblad lens cap fit over it?
Thanks.
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