Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]m037iu00@cwcom.net wrote: > > B.D. > (My Canon 35/2.8 takes the rare 40mm filter), the Serenar, which was an > earlier > version takes 34mm (x0.5mm), slightly easier to find, I think. > Best place to find them, without ordering them especially, would be odds > and > ends trays/boxes at most photo dealers or at camera fairs. > > B&W list both rubber and metal hoods in 34mm, six brilliant 'pop' colour > filters. Softars 1 and 2, close up lenses from 0.25 diopter (4000mm) to > 3.0, a snip > wierd or what! > The B&W filter catalogue's a great read!A qualifying statement is that > the catalogue was dated 11/96, check your (US?) importer for current > details, > Schneider Optics,Inc., > 285 Oser ave. Hauppauge, NY 11788 > Tel 516 761 5000. Fax: 516 761 5090 > alternatively speak to the horses mouth in Germany, > mail them at 2463 . 55513 Bad Kreuznach, (yup, that's an address...) > or cal: (0671) 601-0 if you're feeling that your German's up to it! > > Jem > ============================== > > B. D. Colen wrote: > > > Does anyone know what size filter and/or shade I need for a 35 2.8 Canon > > Serenar screw mount lens, and/or where I might find same. I'm particular > > anxious to get my hands on a lens shade. Thanks in advance. > > > > still B.D. Heliopan also makes superquality wierdo sized filters Made in Germany. Hoya now makes a premium line, multicoated, brass threads and so on and they are the guys who supply Leica with the glass supple enough to be ASPH'd in many cases so they say here on the lug and who would make a thing like that up? These guys are no longer cheapo if they ever really were. Mark Rabiner