Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have just seen the following for sale used, in the UK : http://www.peterwalnes.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&; category_id=20&keyword=&manufacturer_id=0&Itemid=1&orderby=%7Bvm%7D_product. product_sku&limit=50&limitstart=30 A Series 5.5 UVa filter and a Series 5.5 retaining ring. Regards Eric On 17/3/07 03:59, "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > At 11:54 PM +0000 3/16/07, Ian Piper wrote: >> I think I read that here a while back, but unfortunately I cannot >> find *any* information on new Series 5.5 filters. I have looked at a >> range of sites offering B+W or Heliopan filters, for example, and >> have not found any reference to Series 5.5 filters. If you know of a >> link to a specific resource somewhere that would be extremely useful. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Ian. >> -- > > Heliopan still lists Series 5.5 in most colours for B&W in their > catalog. List price is 21.50 Euro, so if you order them you'll pay > somewhere around 17 Euro each, I would think. The multicoated and > polarizers don't seem to be available, but would be possible to get > on special order. You could order these from Heliopan directly, but a > better source is (as I've written a number of times in the last month > :-)): > > Sally Neureuther > FOTO MAYR > sneureuther@fotomayr.de > > I've ordered filters from her, received them in less than 2 weeks and > the prices were decent. You'll pay more for them if you order them > from someplace in the States, and you'll wait a _long_ time. > > BTW, my experiences with Harrison and Harrison filters has been > terrible. I had a couple of theirs, found they were bad, and checked > a local camera store for the quality of the ones they had. I don't > think I found one good one among about 50. The surfaces weren't > parallel. This defect is least important with normal lenses, and gets > more and more important the wider or longer you go, but it's bad in > any case. > > This was in the mid-70's, so maybe they got their act together even > though at that time they also were the major supplier to the movie > industry. > >> >> >> On 16 Mar 2007, at 1:23 pm, John Collier wrote: >> >>> You can still order them new. >>> >>> John Collier >>> >>> On 16-Mar-07, at 4:31 AM, Vick Ko wrote: >>> >>>> Me too. >>>> DAG has a 5.5 SL filter, but with coating blemish. >>>> I haven't been able to find any other. >>>> >>>> Ian Piper wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm after a skylight filter (the one on my CL Summicron 40 has a slight >>>> surface blemish) and whatever coloured filters I can find. Let me know >>>> if >>>> you have any that you would be willing to sell. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >