Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You wrote: > >>The (german made?) B&W filters are an excellent choice. Heliopan (sp) is another excellent German filter manufacture. I think they are the ones that make the filters for Leica. Regards, Bill Erfurth =================================================================== >Optically they are indeed excellent, I'm sure quite the equal of the ones that >carry the Leica brand name. The only problem I've had with them has been >mechanical: they have quite a hefty metal outer ring, at least a couple mm >higher than that of the equivalent Leica filter. That can interfere somewhat >with the seating of the lens cap, particularly if it's a press-on type like >with the 35mm Summicron. I lost one in Hong Kong like that. Fortunately HK >has lots of Leica equipment on sale and a I found a replacement immediately. >At the same time, I bought a proper Leica filter and haven't had a problem >since. > >Adrian Tanovic >Tokyo > >