Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Who says the $10 piece of glass is any less "optically perfect" than the fancy shmantzy B+W piece of glass? Show me the meat! Dan C. At 05:51 PM 25-05-99 -0700, you wrote: >I will admit to having some filters from swap meets but I enjoy using a >Heliopan S 46 8x -3 Made in Germany Red on my 90mm Elmarit which cost me >$33.33 from a Camera store in Denver. I'm under the impression I'm not >degrading my image. It's a tool that makes me happy. I have mainly B+W >filters which cost 20 or 30$ and will upgrade some of them to >multicoated versions soon. I do believe in the lowest common denominator >theory in which sticking cheap not optically perfect glass over a >quality lensgroup results in cheap not optically perfect image quality. >That would seem to make sense. Is that not basic logic? I'm no math genius. >I love spending a couple of bucks for some odd filter in a grab box but >to upgrade it on the long run. >Mark Rabiner > >