Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:04 PM 23-03-98 -0500, you wrote: >I hate to get this going again. . . but > >I'll agree with your premise that in most (maybe not 99%, but most) picture >taking situations a filter won't hurt a thing. My question is this, what >exactly do you think a UV filter protects a lens from? > >Tom It protects the lens from all the crud that seems to accumulate on the filters. And don't tell me that I can clean the crud off the lens. I do clean my filters, and inspite of using only the softest, washed 100% cotton fabrics, over the years many of my B&W filters have developed very fine scratches on them. Better them than my $4000 1st version aspheric 35 Summilux. Dan C.