Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoya on the ASPH?! Glad I bought the old one. : ) There's nothing wrong with Hoya glass. The mounts are not heavy, but I guess that can be an asset. They don't seem to be much cheaper than B+W. B+W does make Leica filters, which is why the B+W boxes have the Leica cross-reference numbers. Multicoating is a moot issue with anything other than a skylight, no? With any colored filter, you're already well over the 2% light loss you would get with multi- vs. single-coated. A Yellow 8 takes around 50%, for example. I don't believe even B+W multicoated colored stuff until very recently. Mark Rabiner wrote: > I go under the assumption that Leica's filters are multicoated up the yin yang > and are in brass mounts and the whole bit. > If you made sure to special order B+W filters to be super duper multicoated > they'd be the same if not better. > There is some question as to if B+W is Making these filter for Leica. > It's a toss-up either way. You're going to pay more to have it say Leica on it. > And I think Heliopan is a viable option of equal quality to Leica or B+W. Shott > glass! (with what for a chaser?) > And as the front element of a Leica ASPH lens is from glass from HOYA having a > new high end filter from them would seem very apropos. > Except it would say "Hoya" on it! > Mark Rabiner - -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dante Stella http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dante