Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the information Eric, I just bought both items from Peter Walnes. Regards, Ian. -- On 17 Mar 2007, at 8:54 am, Eric Calderwood wrote: > 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 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information