Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >Hi Jim, >Thanks for looking. Yes, that is a slip-on orange filter that gives more >contrast between the rangefinder images. The first one I used was on my >IIIa when I purchased it in 1952. This one was obtained from DAG. They >work best when installed on the window above the lens, but, with the rear >flange on this lens, there's no room, so I get an orange field with a white >spot. >Jim Nichols >Tullahoma, TN USA =================================================================================================== I was cheap (and didn't want the filter to fall off), so I cut a circle out of a magenta CC filter and installed it behind the knurled retaining ring on my IIIf. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt