What size filter for my Rolleiflex 2.8C Xenotar ?? Bay ?

[CropDusterMan]

Hello all. Well, after receiving my recently CLA'd Rolleiflex from Harry Fleenor, I'd like to pick up
a red (Hellrot) filter to add to the green and yellow filters I have for the camera. The Rollei's
are new for me, having only experiemented with them a bit back in the day...can anyone tell me
which "Bay" filter it is and what size...I'd hate to spend the money on Ebay or such and get the
wrong one. There seems to be no size listed on the actual Rollei filters I have. Thanks in advance!

Best,
Jason

 

[CropDusterMan]

Thanks dpn, I also have the filter hood for the camera, so I'm wanting to be able to use
it with the filter on. So...I simply look for "Bay III"? There is no mm size I need to purchase?
I do also have a bayonet filter holder that came with the camera that unscrews and allows the
use of an inserted glass filter...I'll have to mic the size though.
Jason

 

[CropDusterMan]

Awesome, that's what I was beginning to think. Thanks for your help Mate.

Jason

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

You can also get a Bayonet III to 49mm adapter, which will ALMOST fit inside the Rollei lens shades. The downside is it doesn't quite fit. The upside is that 49mm (or 52mm) filters are extremely common and a LOT cheaper.

 

[ToddB]

Amazon has the Bay III step up rings. I did this route with my two Rollei's.

http://www.amazon.com/Bay-52mm-Adap...43812167&sr=8-1&keywords=Bay+III+adapter+ring

If you have a bunch of 52's lying around, your set.

Todd

 

[JPD]

I do also have a bayonet filter holder that came with the camera that unscrews and allows the use of an inserted glass filter...I'll have to mic the size though.

Those are handy. I have one for Bay I, and had an optician grind a B+W yellow-orange filter to fit. That filter is great for landscapes. It cuts through haze and sharpen things up and darkens the sky a little without making it look unnatural.

 

[BobMarvin]

Some older Bay III accessories [my lens shade, for example] are marked simply 38 mm.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Thanks dpn, I also have the filter hood for the camera, so I'm wanting to be able to use
it with the filter on. So...I simply look for "Bay III"? There is no mm size I need to purchase?
I do also have a bayonet filter holder that came with the camera that unscrews and allows the
use of an inserted glass filter...I'll have to mic the size though.
Jason

That adapter was probably made to take Series filters (which one I'm not sure as I don't know the exact comparison between Series sizes and screw-in filters measured in millimeters. Series V? maybe.

 

[BobMarvin]

I have a series VI to Bay III fiter adaptor I bought years ago that fits inside a Rollei Bay III hood. Another one I picked up more recently doesn't fit.