Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Absolutely, they're easy to find providing you know where to look and don't > mind ordering them. Sadly they don't jump out at you in plenty as 46/49/52mm > filters do. > I'm sure that Leitz chose to create their filter sizes to perversly seperate > their goods from the rest of the photographic world, or maybe (as leitz had > been around before most of the rest of them) it was the other way about?! > > Jem > ================================== > > The reason for the small filter sizes on the screw mount and bayonet lenses is > to keep the front of the lems as small a diameter as possible , to obstruct the > view finder as little as possible. Horst Schmidt.