Rollei TLR lenscaps

The lens caps depend on the lens, but the Tessar,s were Bay 1, not sure about the Rolleicord III but if you look on this site you can get details of your camera.

Wait until you see the prices they fetch, a Rollei lens cap or decent lens hood is almost as much as a camera, I'm looking for the same size for a Yashicamat

Ian

 

The Rolleicord III is Bay I. I have the same model---I settled for a cheapo plastic lens cap from eBay for it, since the price of admission for an original one was unreasonable.

-NT

 

I've had two of the cheap eBay ones crack. The plastic appears pliable, but actually cracks easily.

 

There's a couple of US Ebay sellers who have plenty of plastic lens caps & lens hoods at a good price. Just search for Bay 1.

Ian

 

Before I got a Rollei lens cap for my F I actually found a regular lens cap with the little spring tabs on the side that fit. I can't remember what size it was.

 

Dpurdy, the lens cap for the Rolleiflex F should be 30.5mm (Bay III). Not sure about the others.

Mike, I love my Rolleiflex and I'm sure you'll love yours too. I ditched the leather "never-ready" case years ago. Ended up using a shoulder bag that I put extra padding into and found that to be tremendously useful and discreet. Highly recommend it. Don't know if you've had your camera CLAd, but they should be now and again. My F2.8 CLA cost me a ton though. I was pretty surprised.

Best of luck,
Leo

 

On the subject of never ready cases, there was thread on APUG within the last month about lens fungus and leather:

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

You might want to consider retiring your leather cases.

Steve
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Bay I skylight or UV filter would also be an option. I keep my TLR caps at home so I don't loose them.

 

An excuse to ditch the 'never-ready' case? I'm there. Hated that thing but I waited so long for a Rollei that it seemed naked without it. Now that I have an excuse, though...

Don't want to say what I paid for a NOS Bay I lens hood for my New Standard, though. The uncoated lens needs it badly so I'm just thrilled beyond words to have it. I bought one of the cheap plastic lens caps from E-bay; I've only had it since last fall and I didn't take the Rollei out in bitter cold but it's worked fine fo rme so far.

Mike

 

I dunno; a friend in Tucson tells me his bread molds more or less instantly in the monsoon season.

(Is Hereford that place outside Sierra Vista? If so, I think we need to introduce our Rolleicords to each other---that's some spectacular country you've got out there.)

That's what mine does. I haven't had problems with it, but I don't do a lot of on-and-off with it---it goes on for storage and comes off when I use the camera (usually to be replaced by a filter).

I think an adapter to a common threaded size is a good investment. 49mm is about the largest that will work without interfering with the viewing lens.

-NT

 

A $35 genuine metal Rollei folding lens cap is at the low end of the price range that I've seen. Interesting talk about the leather cases inducing more fungus growth - thanks for the hint.

Perhaps a hood will work for mechanical protection for most times, instead of the cap. The metal hoods are strong, and conceal the lens nicely. Also, they can be had for about $20 if you're persistent in looking.

 

I have a brace of Yachicas, I glued a S 6 filter holder on the taking lens of several Ds with silacon so I can peel it off if need be. With the S 6 adaptor I can use a filter and a lens hood at the same time. Not sure if I would try the same thing with a Rolli. Works rather well.

 

I never use the lenscap, just the metal hood on at all times. Provides adequate protection and the camera is always ready to go!

 

Luckily my Rolleiflex came with a genuine lens hood, two filters & a the lens cap, but trying to find decently priced ones for my Yashicamat is near impossible.

I guess like Chaska I'll just use the plastic lens hood all the time when it arrives.

Ian

 

Here are two Rolleis ready to go, as they sit on my shelf. Both have UV filters and lenshoods. The caps are with the cases and boxes (in storage).

The second picture is just to tease Ian It shows my Yashica with the lenscap and original Yashica lenshood. Also, the rare Yashinon WA adapter.

 

If you know someone in the LA/OC area, you might have them look for you at the camera expo/swapmeet (monthly). www.cameraexpo.com is their website. Someone's always selling boxes of lenscaps.

 

Rollei T

I bought a Rolleflex T myself recently and just yesterday took out my first roll of 6 x 6 film in many years from the camera after having done 12 shots over the course of a week or two.....

I'm still not ready to process the film yet as I have to make sure I know exactly what i'm doing again....I'm hoping the images have that 'thing' that you just cant get with DSLR's.....my Rollei T has a 75mm Zeiss Tessar lens....

I shot T-max 100 and have T-max developer for it...