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Subject: [Leica] Ah! Back to the Great Filter Dispte!
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Thu Jun 26 07:21:40 2008
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Marc see my response to Mark.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, 26 June, 2008 8:59 AM
Subject: [Leica] Ah! Back to the Great Filter Dispte!


> At 02:48 AM 6/26/2008, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> >Hey there, chill dude ;-) Akhil asked about UV filters and prefers to use
> >them. No-one will drop into your place and force you to put some on your
> >lenses ;-)
>
> Geoff
>
> The argument about whether or not to use filters as lens caps goes back to 
> the days when the List was run by "the Gang of Four" fifteen years or so 
> back.   For some reason, there are few who inhabit the middle ground here, 
> and folks seem to defend their positions viscerally.  It is rather like 
> discussing the virtues of  sweet pork barbecue versus those of 
> vinegar-based pork barbecue here on the USian East Coast.
>
> The dispute heats up every year or two.  Akhil's comments ARE interesting 
> and I, too, am a bit taken back.  In fifteen years of argument, this is 
> the first time someone has come forth to claim that the use of a 
> filter-as-lens cap actually protected a lens.
>
> I'm with Mark on this one.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] 21mm M Biogon question)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] 21mm M Biogon question)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] 21mm M Biogon question)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Ah! Back to the Great Filter Dispte!)