Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGs, In my opinion using front-mounted filters on wide-angle lenses, less than 35mm, is a no-no, because of refraction problems. This is a case where thin gelatin filters may be better than glass. The new 28mm Elmarit is a stunner, but I cannot compare it with the previous one. Best of Light, Chris At 12:55 PM 2/28/97 EST, you wrote: >Chan Eng Suan wrote: > ><Is the new 28 Elmarit-R (with rectangular lens hoot) better than those ><pre-94 version? If I read the price list correctly, the new version is ><marginally cheaper. > >According to BAS (a german lens testing cy) , yes.(But the former was very good) >And the new version is much more easy to use with a pola filter, I mean it's >easier to remove it when you already have a uv filter in the other hand.(A >problem that the former lens share with the actual 24 mm.) > >Lucien > > >