[Leica] Img: Completed Summitar UV/IR Filter

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Since I already had a spare Heliopan UV/IR filter and an orange  
Summitar conical filter, I decided to go ahead and perform the  
surgery to make a UV/IR filter for my 50mm Summitar.

The glass of both filters is the same diameter so all you need to do  
is switch the glass. However be aware that you should have the right  
tools for the job. See here

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8_001/ 
Filters_Tools.jpg.html>

http://tinyurl.com/3b4sz7

The black thing in the picture is a rubber conical tool required to  
unscrew the filter retainer from the Heliopan filter. The filter is  
not slotted to accept a spanner wrench. It uses pressure only to  
unscrew the retainer.

Here is a photo with the completed UV/IR filter on the Summitar. It  
works like a champ.

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8_001/ 
Filter_Finished.jpg.html>

http://tinyurl.com/2t6zsk

The tools for the job can be ordered on line. I just forget where.

And thanks to Rei for suggesting this filter.

Len