Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/24

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Subject: Re: Filters
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 22:27:58 -0500

At 09:18 PM 9/23/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Right! You just proved my point. The lens was was designed for use with the
>filter and the filter was designed for use with the lens. By Leica (Lietz
>then I think.) However, there was no 280 Apo when Walter said those words
>to me.

And it's one big hulking filter, too. 112mm I believe. And it had a rubber
ring on the outer edge to set the lens down frontways without scratching
it. They really built that lens well. 

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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO

Maintenance-free: When it breaks, it can't be fixed