Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which is, of course, why the pre-ASPH Summilux 35/1.4 used this method to mount Series VII filters. Austin Franklin wrote: > > Without risking a public opinion on the merits of filter use, I > > recall that > > when I bought my first 35 Summilux (black M3 model, would that I had it > > today...) I was annoyed by the lack of a filter thread, and the need to > > insert a filter in the hood. I quickly came to appreciate the > > "instant off" > > filter, though. > > One of the issues with filters is that their surfaces need to be > perpendicular to the axis of the lense, and I don't know how critical it is, > but possibly that type of mount may not be very 'accurate'.