Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/17

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Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: WAS; UV filter and Dan Honemann
From: "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:03:41 -0400
 
Jim,

How am I supposed to sell uv filters if folks like you keep spewing facts?
Please cease and desist at once.

;)

> No. All Leica and Zeiss (and I suppose brand-x) lenses have full UV
> inhibiting built-into the lens. The cement between the elements and the
> glass itself contains UV inhibitor that is as good as, probably better
> than, any UV filter. Therefore, a UV filter is useless for
> inhibiting UV as the lens does it already.
>
> Jim