Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: WAS; UV filter and 21mm now 15 mm! and now 19mm
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:44:27 -0700
References: <396D1FA1.B2E54CD1@teleport.com> <200007130402.VAA20795@spoon.alink.net> <396D4FB8.55AB5069@home.com> <00bf01bfecd4$3be8d600$131110ac@zoomtel.com>

The "normal" looking 19mm R lens (and performer par excellence) has NO
filter threads. So you UV protection folks had better never buy one.
Because you'll actually have to take a photograph through an "raw" lens
rather than a windshield.

Jim

At 07:49 AM 7/13/00 -0700, Ted Grant wrote:
>
>Here is a question regarding filter use. How would you folks handle this 
>situation?
>
>You just purchased the  Super-Elmar 15 mm f 3.5 lens for a cracking
>$5000.US or higher. The front element stands out like a bulging bug eye
>with funny looking cut away (more cut away) than covers by appearance
>lens shade. How would you attach a filter, of any kind, to protect the
>front element?  And not have it interfere with the viewing coverage.?
>
>Seeing we folks always have such "wild and woolly" discussions regarding
>filter use for protection I thought this might give it a slightly
>different twist.  Hopefully this will create imaginative answers. And
>please guys and gals, lets not get into semantics, nobody learns from that!
>ted

Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> ([Leica] Naked Glass!)
Reply from "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: WAS; UV filter and 21mm now 15 mm! and now 19mm)
In reply to: Message from Damian Dlugolecki <damian@teleport.com> ([Leica] Dream M lens)
Message from Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> ([Leica] Re: UV filter and 21mm ASPH lens - do they fit together?)
Message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: UV filter and 21mm ASPH lens - do they fit together?)
Message from "Craig Roberts" <croberts@zoomtel.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: UV filter and 21mm ASPH lens - do they fit together?)