Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/12
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On 12 Dec 97, Dan Cardish wrote:
> I'm still waiting for someone to show me a before/after example of the
> detrimental effects of using UV filters on Leica lenses. I'm less
> interested in what effect some optical engineer at the factory says
> that a filter *may* have on the optical properties of a lens. I want
> to be able to see it.
Try shooting the most recent 35mm Summicron M (pre ASPH) w and w/o a
UV and the sun at the edge of the frame at about the 10 or 11 oclock
position. The internal reflections will drive you nuts with the UV in
place, whereas the lens, by itself is ok, though still vulnerable.
Filter was a B+W.
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Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
mailto:roger@beamon.org
Thought for the day:
Success occurs in private,
failure in full view.