screw on filters for 50-150??

[WesG]

Have my 50-150!

Thought we were going to be able to use 72mm screw on filters, as you do with teh Red 18-50, with this but you can't. The front of the lens is too small and even then it doesn't look like it has the thread to take a smaller filter.

The only filter option I can work with the lens is to run a matte box.

Let me know if I'm missing something!!

wes

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(Yes I'll post some frame grabs soon and no I don't know what my lens reservation number was)

 

[Craig Bowman]

50-150 doesn't take screw on filters. 18-50 will take 72mm. 300 has a filter tray at the rear which slides out and uses 43mm screw on.

Matte box solves everything.

 

[Shawn Bannon]

I feel your pain, I thought I could use it without a mattebox as well but I spoke to Red on the phone several times about this lens and there is no threading so you are stuck with putting on some sort of mattebox.

I believe you can use 4.5" filters and use a clamp but by the time you do all that you might as well use a mattebox.

 

[WesG]

50-150 doesn't take screw on filters. 18-50 will take 72mm. 300 has a filter tray at the rear which slides out and uses 43mm screw on.

Matte box solves everything.

ahhh doh - I like the screw on option - great when you are running around as a one man band

oh well

thanks for confirming

 

[Paul Hazlett]

Have my 50-150!


(Yes I'll post some frame grabs soon and no I don't know what my lens reservation number was)

how bout your camera number? and congrats.

how bout a small clip on mattebox? little more expensive but not too much weight

 

[WesG]

how bout your camera number? and congrats.

how bout a small clip on mattebox? little more expensive but not too much weight

camera number is 179

mmm yeah will prob get a clip-on but it's another thing to deal with, gotta buy another set of filters etc etc winge winge :bleh:

 

[Paul Hazlett]

camera number is 179

mmm yeah will prob get a clip-on but it's another thing to deal with, gotta buy another set of filters etc etc winge winge :bleh:

are you sure there aren't more numbers in your serial number? like another
1 in front. it would mean I was that much closer....alas.

well if you don't care about getting points for looks, you could always buy a larger screw on and secure it to the front without the threads...not pretty but gets the job done.

 

[Chris Reynolds]

I'll buy you a roll of gaffer!!:construction:

 

[WesG]

are you sure there aren't more numbers in your serial number? like another
1 in front. it would mean I was that much closer....alas.

had ours a while now :w00t:

thanks chris but you know where you can stick your gaffer tape :w00t:

:biggrin:

 

[Keith Nealy]

Maybe some 3rd party could machine a clamp-on ring with threads for step-up rings on one side.

I have a century wide angle lens for one of my cameras with a clamp on ring and it works great.