Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Multicoating
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 23:56:30 -0800

At 09:48 PM 1/31/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Tom Shea wrote:<Many of the adverse comments about protection
>filters seem to be by those who do not understand the difference between
>uncoated, single coated and multi coated protection filters.>
>

No filter available is multicoated like a Leica lens is multicoated. ANY
filter you can buy WILL give you flare, ghosting, double images, etc. under
many (seemingly normal) circumstances. Read Leica document #920-083.

Jim

PS... Tom, if you are reading this... would you use an uncoated Polarizer?
If so, why? If not, why not?