Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It sounds like the polarizing material has faded, and unevenly at that. I would return it. These old polarizers often have fading problems. I have one for 36mm front lenes that has not visable polarizing effect at all. kw >I just got a swing-out polarizer by mail from a guy, >who sold it to me over the net. The thing is like he >described mechanically, but I got one question >concerning the optical quality. Is it OK, if the filtering >effect is not "uniform"? If I look the sky through it, >there is not filtering effect at the center of the filter - >except in the very center. The size of the "white >spot" is around half of the filter size. In the filter, >there is a text "E.Leitz N.Y. P" and it fits to any >lens with 39 mm filter size. It doesn't have a hood >in it. > >Regards, > >Pasi Ohtonen ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits Davison Middle School preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu> 600 Dayton, Davison, MI 48423 <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org>