Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Filter on 15 mm Heliar
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:58:49 -0400
 
> When I got my 15 mm Heliar it was a swap deal and I got no box and no
> paper, and now I am out in the middle of nowhere with the next photo hop a
> hundred miles away, so I have to ask you guys: how does one put a filter on
> that lens. (I shot some sea-and-landscapes today and just held the 60 mm
> dark orange filter in front of the lens. I am curious to see how these pics
> turn out. There must be a better way.)
>
> --
> Christer Almqvist
> D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or
> F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France
>
>
In an emergency when shooting cinema it is not unusual to use gaffer tape to
hold a filter in place. Works very well.

Steve
Annapolis