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Lens shade advice needed

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thirteen

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Hi - I'm new to medium format photography and this forum. I purchased a 500c/m with an 80mm C lens. The lens shade has "150" marked on it so I'm guessing that this is a shade for the 150mm lens.
Does anyone know if I can use this shade on the 80mm lens without problems e.g. restricting the field of view and therefore noticeable in a photograph?
Thanks for any help.
 
If you're shooting film, shooting hood for a 150mm on an 80 will definitely vignette. BTW, my hood that I use for this range says "Φ60/100-250", not "150", so I assume yours must be a different one.

By the way, none of these hoods for Hasselblad glass are reversible, which makes carrying them a royal pain. Does anyone know of any reversible hood solution for Hasselblad V lenses?

-Brad
 
No not personally - ever thought about one of these? Makes life a whole lot easier...
 

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Hello Thirteen,

Welcome here and nice of you to ask your first question.

I expect you have an 80 mm C lens with bayonet 50.
Lenses from the C series have a smaller bayonet than later CF lenses.

Even if it states only 150 your shade is also suitable for C lenses from 100 mm till 250 mm.
If you consider expending your kit with other longer lenses I would advise to save the shade and look for a suitable one for the 80 mm lens.
If you do not consider buying longer lenses you could shorten the 150 shade to make it suitable for the 80 mm

The 150 shade is 49.1 mm front to rear.
The 80 mm shade is 37.25 mm front to rear.


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Shades for C series 80 mm and 100-250 mm lenses


Paul
 

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I agree - but as I generally have a 50CF and a 100CF (And sometimes a 150CF) in my bag, it saves a lot of mucking about with different lens hoods!

Just a thought...
 
No problem.
Lightning fast shipment after payment of 67,50 euro + shipping costs into my account.
Choice of adapter rings bayonet 50/60/70 is no problem.



Paul
 
sportback said:
No not personally - ever thought about one of these? Makes life a whole lot easier...
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Depends on what you shoot. I used to own a late model Proshade (came as part of a used camera kit). And I sold it. For landscape / travel photography it is just pure clumsy. You simply can't get it to fit in a bag without continously (un)folding it. That gets tiring quickly!

I would suggest a Proshade better be left in the studio.

Wilko
 
80mm lens with a 150mm shade ...OK ...so what now? I don't plan on buying a 150mm lens ... so I got out the trusty hacksaw and file and cut down the lens shade using the measurement that Polypal provided. For a ham-fisted person I didn't do a bad job.
Result ... now worth $0 - but does the job.
 
Hello Thirteen,

Sometimes I get a hunch and sometimes it works out.

Please note these 80 mm shades are getting scarce
People are paying up to 40 USD for a decent one.
That is why suggested to adjust the size of your 150.


Paul
 
I tend to agree - Proshades can be a pain in the bum if you're constantly unfolding them etc. but try to look at this a different way - be ZEN - take your time - this is all nonsense of course, as I'm as impatient as the next person, but the fact remains, to avoid having 13 lens hoods in your bag, a Proshdae does the trick.

(In case you wondered, I'm paid by the number of commas I can squeeze into a sentence...)
 
bradleygibson said:
I don't know if you're bay 50 or 60, but I have a bay 60 lens shade too. I'd OF COURSE be happy to sell it to you for $40, but whatever you do, don't look here first!

Bay 60: http://cgi.ebay.com/BAY-60MM-SHADE-...eras?hash=item2ea2103ec0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14


-Brad
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This concerns an inferior Chinese product that should not even come close to a Hasselblad lens.
Chinese manufacturers have found a niche at the time Hasselblad was seriously over charging for shades.
Now that those prices have come down about 40% there is no longer a reason to buy anything but original shades.

Good to see a B50 advertised at a decent price

here is another one:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190321506793&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I saw a mint B 50 shade for 80 mm lens go for 79 USD though........
 
sportback said:
I tend to agree - Proshades can be a pain in the bum if you're constantly unfolding them etc. but try to look at this a different way - be ZEN - take your time - this is all nonsense of course, as I'm as impatient as the next person, but the fact remains, to avoid having 13 lens hoods in your bag, a Proshdae does the trick.
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Yeah.. But my Zen while standing at canyon / cliff edges is fully focused on the panorama in front of me, not at the !@&!(* Proshade.

Oh, and do keep in mind you will most likely need more than one Proshade adapter, in my case that would be a 93mm for the CF40, B60 for the CF50, CB80, CF250 and (maybe) a B50 for the C150.

Wilko
 
I hear you Wilko, but I'm lucky too - my 40 CF (Well, it'll be here soon) has it's own shade, and the lenses in my bag are all B60 (50, 100, 150)

Question regarding the ProShade - is there actually an 93 adaptor for the original compendium shade?
 
Pro shade 6093(T) + 60 mm +93 mm

Of course there is an adapter for 93 mm lenses.
That goes with the 6093(T) Pro shade.

All adapters are plastic but the one for 93 lenses is metal.
It also serves as filter holder for gelatin filters.



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Pro shade 60 mm fitted, and 93 mm adapter
 

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I thought as much - the only adaptor is for the latter shades- the throat of the earlier version (like mine) just isn't large enough.

Thanks for the info Paul
 
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