Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:10 AM 6/12/97 +0200, you wrote: >Hello, > >to save the reputation of the Hama company: I just come >>from the dealer again, and he told me that the filter is >coated, but not multicoated. He said that it would not >make much of a difference to take the multicoated version, >because a polarization filter anyway absorbs at least half >of the light. What do you think? > >Regards, Rainer > Again, you are dealing with adding another two glass-to-air surfaces to the Leica lens formula. You should ALWAYS choose the very best available, the one which causes the least damage, when putting something into the light path of your lens. A single coating reduces reflections to 1.5% and multi coating can reduce it to 0.2% . It depends upon what your photography is used for, snaps, fine art, commercial, reportage, ??? Only you can make the judgement call. Even the very best filter will cause problems in certain situations. A filter less than the best will cause problems in more situations. You won't know until you are there. Why take a chance. Jim