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Sep 13, 2018 21:36:21 #
kfoo
Loc: Arkansas
Can I use a 55mm filter on a lens that uses 58mm filter by using with step up rings?
Sep 13, 2018 21:42:42 #
The rings typically have male on the small side and female the large side. So, a step-up would screw into a 55mm lens and accept a 58mm filter, not the other way around. If you found such a ring that did what you asked, you'd expect a black circle at the corners of the image or possibly around the entire image captured with the lens with a 58mm diameter covered with a 55mm opening.
Sep 13, 2018 21:44:39 #
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Sep 13, 2018 21:45:26 #
kfoo wrote:
Can I use a 55mm filter on a lens that uses 58mm filter by using with step up rings?
You could do this by using step down rings but the above mentioned limitations would apply.
Edit: B&H and others have them.
Sep 14, 2018 01:48:37 #
kfoo wrote:
Can I use a 55mm filter on a lens that uses 58mm filter by using with step up rings?
You run the risk of vignetting as the body of the smaller filter will intrude and be visible as a shadow on an image.
Sep 14, 2018 02:04:10 #
Sep 14, 2018 05:11:18 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
kfoo wrote:
Can I use a 55mm filter on a lens that uses 58mm filter by using with step up rings?
Maybe yes, maybe no. Depends on your type of camera and specific lens. Vignetting will be more likely with a full-frame camera and shorter focal length lens than with an APS-C/DX camera and longer focal length full-frame lens. Vignetting will also be more likely to occur at wider apertures. The only way for you to know for sure is to buy a 58-55 step-down ring and try it. They’re available for as little as $5.
For what it’s worth, I get no vignetting with a Heliopan #430 58-55 step-down ring and 55mm filters on either my 75 f/1.5 Zeiss Biotar or 200 f/3.5 Novoflex Noflexar lenses with full-frame cameras. Good luck!
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Sep 14, 2018 08:38:51 #
kfoo wrote:
Can I use a 55mm filter on a lens that uses 58mm filter by using with step up rings?
Sure you can. Repeating from above.
As mentioned above using adapter rings, in your case it would be called a "step down" ring not "step up" ring, (the threads are backwards), but you might also have a vignette issue. If not that, the slightly restricted light might effect your settings.
Sep 14, 2018 12:25:26 #
I can never remember which is a step-up or step-down. However, yes you can adapt a 55mm filter to a 58mm lens. You'll experience a bit of vignetting in the corners of the image. If you do decide to go with an adapter, I'd suggest B+W adapters. They are made of brass and less likely to seize on either the lens or filter.
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kfoo wrote:
Can I use a 55mm filter on a lens that uses 58mm filter by using with step up rings?
Sep 14, 2018 12:33:02 #
kfoo wrote:
Can I use a 55mm filter on a lens that uses 58mm filter by using with step up rings?
You sure can, but why would you want to? (with a step-down ring)
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