Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1. Not the only, but the easiest to get. Use only Leica, B+W, or Heliopan filters. 2. No. E55 is the same as 55mm in Tiffen or Hoya. But use Leica, B+W, or Heliopan to avoid degrading your image any more than absolutely necessary. 3. There are stepdown rings that allow using larger filters on smaller lenses. B+W makes a ton of them as does Heliopan. Make sure you buy brass stepdown rings rather than aluminum. Aluminum have a habit of sticking and the adapter is then basically permanently mated to your filter. This is the voice of experience speaking. B+W & Heliopan are brass. Jim At 04:03 PM 9/11/00 -0700, RP Johnson wrote: >I am going to break down and purchase a polarizing filter. > >1. Is Leica (or B+W) the ONLY supplier of E60 circular polarizing filters? > >2. Am I correct in assuming that an E60 (or E55) filter is NOT the same >threading as a 60mm (or 55mm) filter from Hoya, Tiffen, Neopan, or other 3rd >party manufacturers? > >3. Are there adaptors so that if I have to purchase a Leica filter (for big >bucks), I can also use it on a smaller filter size lens ( that is, use an >E60 polarizer plus 60 to 55 adaptor on a lens that requires E55 filters). > >Thank you > >RP Johnson >