Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've ordered many step-up rings via Keeble & Shuchat. Listed as lens -> filter: 55 -> 60, 55 -> 67, 60 -> 62, 60 -> 67, 67 -> 77 They are all B+W and did not take terribly long to get. Jim At 02:59 PM 12/15/98 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Roy, > >I have searched for one of those a long time. I'm told that the actual name >for this is a step-up ring. > >Most of my lenses are 60mm filter size, and my Summicron takes a 55mm >filter, so my polarizer won't work...I just found one in Halifax, Nova >Scotia. The url of Reid Sweet/Retail Photographics is ReidSweet.com. The >Manager's name is Bruce Burns the phone is 902 423 8381, and the fax is 902 >429 3029. BTW, all this info came to me from helpful Robert G. Stevens, one >of our fellow LUGgers, who put me onto Bruce, and to whom I must say thanks >again. > >It is a B+H part [Leica does not make one], and the numbers on my new ring >are (4b) 60EI-55EA. The male threads are 55mm, and the female, 60mm >permitting the use of 60 mm filters on a lens with 55mm filter size. The >cost of the new ring, delivered in Denver USA was less than U$23. > >Your instincts are correct, this is a damned hard thing to find, in my >experience. I hope this helps. > >Enjoy the light. > >Greg Bicket > > >