Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:21 PM 9/23/97 -0500, you wrote: >>As Leica said a number >>of years ago "If we had wanted a piece of glass in front of our lenses, we >>would have designed it there. But we don't and we didn't." >Actually, they did. The 280 2.8 Apo Telyt came with a UV filter, and the >instructions said that there is no degradation of image quality except in >strong backlighting situations, where they recommended it be removed. > >Eric Welch Right! You just proved my point. The lens was was designed for use with the filter and the filter was designed for use with the lens. By Leica (Lietz then I think.) However, there was no 280 Apo when Walter said those words to me. Jim