Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 40.5 Filter on Summarit???
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@primus.com.au>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 08:56:27 +1100
 
Javier Perez wrote:

> Hi Everyone
> Very Simply
> Can I get away with using a standard 40.5 size
> filter on an E41 Summarit? More than any other lens
> this one needs a filter for protection!
> Anybody tried it?
> Thanks
> Javier

  Javier, It wont work. Sometimes you get a slightly oversized 40.5mm
filter which looks like fitting, but it will ruin your filter thread
after a while. However, there are plenty of Summarit filters available.
Second hand of course.  Try Tamarkin and other like it.

Regards, Horst Schmidt