Re: [Leica] Hoya filters

[Shel Belinkoff <belinkoff@earthlink.net>]

My experience is similar to Marcs.  I've gotten rid of most of my Hoya
filters, and those that remain are used more as lens caps than
filters.  I ~never~ use them while shooting.

My preferences are Pentax SMC filters for my Pentax gear and B+H MC
for the Leicas.

Marc James Small wrote:
> 
>  My own has been that Hoya filters
> are overpriced junk.  Two local camera 
> stores quit carrying Hoya because of
> the complaints, I understand.
> 
> I have experienced spotted glass, cheap 
> aluminium mounts, uneven surfaces.
> My entire experience with Hoya filters has 
> been NO, NO, NO!  You MIGHT want
> to buy a quality filter (H&H, B+W, Heliopan) 
> and put it side by side with a
> Hoya filter.  Well, you will see immediately 
> why many of us avoid Hoya
> filters.

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