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Schneider Symmar-S 210/5.6 - what filter size?

lyonheart

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Just rec'd a second hand Schneider Symmar-S 210/5.6 (looks good). My googling has failed to establish the front filter size. I can't see it on the lens rim. Anybody know?

Colin
 

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Older ones are 77mm, newer may be 67mm. I think the size of the front element or at least the thread area may have changed in the late 1980s.
 

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Be very careful fitting a filter, I have a 210 Symmar lens that needs an empty filter mount as a spacer to stop the filter touching the glass.

Regards,

David
 
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I found a 77mm polariser in the photo treasure chest and it seems to fit fine, and doesn't snag the lens. So 77mm it is. Thanks,
Colin
 

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Does anyone know what the thread size for the rear element is? I believe it's 52mm but I don't have a filter to check it with. Unitl now I've used a 58m and taped it but I would like to get a step up adapter. My front polarizer, 77mm, works fine without touching the front element.
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According to my machinists caliper it's 54.2 mm in diameter (inside). The pitch doesn't look like a standard filter thread either.
 

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I went to the shop and got my caliper out and it measures 54.45, it's probably not a standard thread as was said in the previous thread.

Thanks,
Curt