Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:39 PM 2/10/2000 -0000, Julian Thomas wrote: >I'm in the same dilemma with my new gear that I'm about to pick - do I >degrade the image or do I risk having to shellout £300 for a new front >element? If you are an amateur its a hard decision to make. This is horse-puckey, Julian. Anything severe enough to break the front element will shatter a filter and still trash the front element. Leica glass is TOUGH. The company recommends NOT using filters save for optical effects. If I buy a new car, and they tell me to use a certain grade of oil, I'm going to listen carefully to that advice. Similarly, when LEICA tells me not use a filter, I listen. I began this debate on the opposite side of the spectrum, some many years back, in the early days of the LUG. Jim Brick and his cronies convinced me I was wrong. And I've not used filters, as a result, for lens protection for three or four years, now. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!