[Leica] Advice on filters

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Heliopan or B+W are the two brands normally recognized as the best.  
You can get them in any number of online shops, for example Foto Mayr  
in Germany.

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Jan 23, 2009, at 5:17 AM, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I never used filters because I never felt the need and always avoided
> putting another piece of glass in front of a lens.  But now I have two
> reasons to get some filters, so I think...
>
> * Next summer I'll be going on vacation to the North of Africa.  It
> will be a one week walk and dust will be a certainty.
>
> * Whenever my wife takes a camera, the lens will end up with
> fingerprints :-(  Not always, but too many times.
>
> I believe these are good reasons to buy some filters, especially when
> the lens costs (much) more than the camera.
>
> So what I want are protective filters.  But after some "net research"
> I really don't know what to buy...  All that I know is that a good
> filter will be, most probably, expensive (but certainly less expensive
> than a lens :-)  Where I live, in Portugal, I have easy access to
> Hoya, Rodenstock and Sigma filters, but I can use online shops to
> purchase other brands.
>
> Feel free to comment on my reasons to buy the filters (and let me know
> if there is a barbed wire adapter as this will solve my second reason
> :-)  Finally, please give me some advice on what to look for on a
> filter, which brand(s) to avoid and which brand(s) make good filters.
>
> TIA
>
> -- 
> Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta
> ille nihil dubitat quem nulla scientia dictat
>
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