Caps for a Planar C 80

[cbretteville]

Anyone know the correct front and rear caps for a Planar C 80/2.8 T*? The serial number is 57787xx and it has EV linked shutter/aperture settings.

Thanks,
Carl

 

[polypal]

The lens is mid seventies which also marks the introduction of the black C series lenses.
If it is a black lens you need a black standard cap for the rear of the lens and a black front cap with 50 mm bayonet size.

If your lens is one from the rarer silver versions with T* you will need the same caps but in grey color.

There is probably no greater confusion about lenses than for the 80 mm Planar.

C series silver barrel
1956-1960 6 element design
1961-1971 7 element
1971-1975 7 element, some with T*

black barrel
1975-1982 7 element all T*

1982-1992 CF
1993-2008 CFE
2008-2010 CFi

Early nineties saw another C type Planar in CF guise without F mode.
These lenses were part of a kit with the 501C body

1976 saw the first 80 mm Planar for F series bodies.
This lens changed later into a model with 60 mm front bayonet
Finally the lens with 60 mm bayonet was fitted with databus.
This lens was phased out with the introduction of the CFE models.

All years are aproximate.
Carl Zeiss was never fuzzy about these changes.

 

[polypal]

Carl,

I know you are having problems with the ticker at the top of the page.
Makes me wonder what kind of Hasselblad camera was fitted with the shutterspeed dial in your avatar?
I could not find that camera in my copy of the Hasselblad system compendium.


Paul

 

[cbretteville]

Thanks for the comprehensive reply on the 80 Planars. As mine is black and has a bayonet I guess a 60mm bayonet cap is what I need. The serial number places it as a 1975 vintage so probably an early 7 element T* (it looks like new). Rear caps should be all the same.

The speed dial is from another mechanical classic, an M3. Was! Kleinbildkamera? Verboten!

 

[Olof B]

No, your front bayonet is B50 (sometimes even called B57)

CF lenses and late F80 have the B60 front bayonet.


--Olof

 

[polypal]

Carl,

You missed the point about black C lenses like Olof mentioned.
For purists there are more black rear caps.
The correct one for this period is the one with a large V.
Later caps have the word Hasselblad on the outside.



Hasselblad has a funny habit of giving round figures for their bayonet sizes.
This can lead to confusion:
B50 is actually 57 mm, B60 is also larger at 67 mm.

Lets not make the confusion larger by mentioning threaded dimensions.
Again a typical point of view from Hasselblad.


M3? Gehoert hier nicht, ist ein BMW oder??

 

[cbretteville]

Thanks,
The label "B50" clears everything up. Coming from Leica land where there are a gazillion different caps, hood and hoodcaps all with numerical codes or strange code names like XOOIM the Hasselblad eco system seems easier to comprehend.

Apologies for kludging the rear cap sentence in my post this morning, what I meant to say was that the rear caps for the V lenses are the same, not that the front and rear caps are.

Carl


Ah Leica,

I was under the impression Leica has something to do with plumbing with all those adapters, rings, caps etc.

 

[polypal]

Thanks,
The label "B50" clears everything up. Coming from Leica land where there are a gazillion different caps, hood and hoodcaps all with numerical codes or strange code names like XOOIM the Hasselblad eco system seems easier to comprehend.

Ah Leica,

I was under the impression Leica has something to do with plumbing with all those adapters, rings, tubes, caps etc.

No apologies necessary Carl, you are amongst friends here.