Lens Hood for Brooks-Plaubel Veriwide 100?

[Roseha]

Last year I took my Brooks Plaubel Veriwide 100 on a trip and unfortunately used a 40.5mm rubber lens hood on it that caused serious vignetting although it seemed wide enough. I am not sure what alternative there is unless I don't use a lens hood at all. I do remember using a 40.5mm to 49mm adapter for filters for infrared film purposes and that worked fairly well. Any thoughts?

 

[snusmumriken]

I’ve heard it suggested that you can use a stack of old filter rings -with filters removed - in place of a lens hood. As they are shallow, you can fine-tune the depth by trial and error before cementing the stack together and painting the inner surface with max black. But I warn you, I have never tried this!

 

[Rolleiflexible]

I have the first version of the camera. You might be better off holding up a hat or whatever outside of the lens’s line of vision to block the sun. I do that often with a wide lens I shoot on a digital body. The problem, with the Brooks, (at least the original Brooks) is that you have no way of locating that line with certainty. I feel your pain.

 

[grain elevator]

I think the camera in question has about the AOV of a 21mm on 35mm? a lens hood made for a 21mm might work then. Or you could calculate the dimensions and have one 3d-printed. Google hoodcalc for an excel sheet to calculate lens hood dimensions.

 

[Huss]

Alright, two more people with the Brooks Plaubel Veriwide 100! I thought it was just me.

I go w/o a hood.

 

[Roseha]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. The filter rings idea might be worth pursuing, just by using step rings instead?

I wonder if there are any square or similar shaped lens hoods out there....similar to the Xpan hood? Will look around.

I normally don't use a hood on it either but I was in Ireland where you can figure on the chance of rain more often than not.

 

[Huss]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. The filter rings idea might be worth pursuing, just by using step rings instead?

I wonder if there are any square or similar shaped lens hoods out there....similar to the Xpan hood? Will look around.

I normally don't use a hood on it either but I was in Ireland where you can figure on the chance of rain more often than not.

Voigtlander makes a really wide lens hood for their 21mm f4 lens. (35mm lens) But it is based on a 39mm filter thread. I'm going to dig it out and see if I can finagle a way to fit it on my Veriwide.

no luck - it is based on a 39mm filter thread, while the Veriwide is 40.5

 

[Rolleiflexible]

If the Veriwide takes a 40.5 thread, Heliopan sells a 40.5 "short hood" that might work. I found it listed on B&H -- the Heliopan stock number is #73540H. It's a metal hood -- if it vignettes, you can file it down, or take it to your favorite machine shop and have them grind it down for you, and then paint over the bare metal with a Sharpie. Not the most elegant solution but good enough to keep the Irish mist off your lens.

 

[reddesert]

I don't have this particular camera, but it's a very wide angle lens that happens to have a small filter diameter, so most native 40.5mm accessories are likely to vignette. I would consider using a step-up ring to say 49 or 52mm or larger and then a wide-angle rubber lens hood, or a short rectangular rigid hood if you can find one. On 35mm RFs, such a hood might interfere with the viewfinder, but on a bigger camera it may not.

Whatever you use, it is a good idea to check for vignetting by opening the shutter (fire on B or T) with the back open, and then looking through the film gate and tipping the camera until you're looking from corner through the lens. (Or look from the front.) It is pretty clear to see if the hood starts to obstruct the aperture.

 

[Roseha]

Thanks so much for all the suggestions everyone. I have put the Heliopan lens hood on my wish list at B and H. In the meantime I discovered a square shaped wide angle hood on Amazon, the Haoge LH-E2T 49mm Square Metal Screw-in Lens Hood, which might work with a step ring so I have ordered that.

Yes I agree @reddesert it would be a good idea to open the camera on the B or T setting to check this in the future, I wish I had done so previously but hopefully there's a solution out there and I can test it then.

 

[xya]

I had a 40.5 to 58mm step-up ring on mine permanently, an ultra wide angle hood from a Sigma lens and a Sigma cap https://www.120folder.com/plaubel_veriwide.htm hood not pictured....

 

[Rolleiflexible]

I had a 40.5 to 58mm step-up ring on mine permanently, an ultra wide angle hood from a Sigma lens and a Sigma cap https://www.120folder.com/plaubel_veriwide.htm hood not pictured....

That's a really useful writeup on the camera. I bought an early version (bar levels) with the original finder twenty years ago, shot a few rolls, then put it away -- it didn't really help me at the time, because I was shooting mostly portraits.

Now I'm shooting landscapes on the Appalachian Trail. This thread, and your writeup, moved me to unpack boxes and dig out my camera. Everything appears in order. This might become my new favorite camera for shooting landscapes. Thank you for jogging my feeble mind into action.

 

[MattKing]

I bought an early version (bar levels) with the original finder twenty years ago, shot a few rolls, then put it away -- it didn't really help me at the time, because I was shooting mostly portraits.

Somehow, I don't think Melanie would have appreciated you using the Veriwide for your photos of her

 

[hap]

Alright, two more people with the Brooks Plaubel Veriwide 100! I thought it was just me.

I go w/o a hood.

Hey......I have a Brooks Veriwide 100. Pristine. Never used a hood. Once in a while I think of selling........but always back off.

 

[hap]

Somehow, I don't think Melanie would have appreciated you using the Veriwide for your photos of her

Portraits? You can sometimes do a group grope....but the edge distorted.

 

[Rolleiflexible]

So: I am eager now to go shoot a roll with my Veriwide!

While looking it over, I noticed that the Veriwide has a big circular plate on the bottom, in which the tripod screw mount is set. It rang a bell. It looks to be a quick-mount plate for the Rolleiflex quick-mount tripod head, the Rolleifix. In fact, it mounts perfectly on a Rolleifix! This was news to me. If you have one, try it out.

 

[hap]

Like every thing else I sold of good Rolleiflex stuff included a rolleifix. But the Veriwide LIVES!!

 

[Rolleiflexible]

I shot a roll of the new Kentmere 100 roll film through the Veriwide this afternoon. The camera is easy to shoot -- it balances well in hand, and I had no problem shooting at 1/15 sec. without a tripod. Two things not to like: It vignettes, and the viewfinder (I have the dedicated finder for the camera) does not show everything the lens sees.

I removed some of the vignetting in post, and cropped the image back to what I thought I had framed, preserving the original ratio. It's an intriguing camera for landscapes. Technical details for the attached image: Handheld, 1/15 @ f11, Kentmere 100 exposed @ EI50, stand processed in Rodinal.

 

[Roseha]

I had a 40.5 to 58mm step-up ring on mine permanently, an ultra wide angle hood from a Sigma lens and a Sigma cap https://www.120folder.com/plaubel_veriwide.htm hood not pictured....

Thanks for the useful tip @xya, I will have to get a step ring that size.

Lovely photo @Rolleiflexible.

 

[hap]

I had a 40.5 to 58mm step-up ring on mine permanently, an ultra wide angle hood from a Sigma lens and a Sigma cap https://www.120folder.com/plaubel_veriwide.htm hood not pictured....

Do you really feel that this functions as a shade or just a convenient way to use filters and caps without more vignetting?

 

[xya]

Do you really feel that this functions as a shade or just a convenient way to use filters and caps without more vignetting?

It doesn't function as a shade itself. You need to find a shade that works. I used a modern plastic shade of an ultrawide Sigma Lens...

It was a sophisticated design, but only a bit more than 10-15mm high. A simple 15mm ring would have done the job I think.

 

[hap]

would you mind showing me/us what your hood looks like?

 

[hap]

Do you mean to try an adapter ring like this ....and forget any hood?

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/11642-REG/B_W_65069465_40_5mm_to_58mm_Step_Up.html

 

[xya]

No, I can't show the hood as I sold the camera some time ago via a reknown specialized auction team (a very disappointing experience btw).

It was an adapter like the one you show, but it is not sufficient alone. You need to mount another ring of about 15mm height, like those for macro photography into the adapter. I had several of those in 58mm, that's why I chose that size.

 

[hap]

I suppose this is an example of a ring