Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:24 PM 3/23/98 -0800, you wrote: >i cant believe there are so many people out there that think placing a >filter on a lens has any useful purpose in photography. the only thing a >filter will do, is make lens manufacturers rich. in fact, most people i That is just simply wrong. Polarizers make a big difference in many situations. Yellow, orange, green and red filters make black and white more creative for many people. Neutral density filters let a person use wide apertures in bright light. Numerous other reasons are out there for why filters can serve quite useful functions. >i'll never forget the day i saw a gentleman with an M6, and a 35 1.4 Asph M >with a UV, and a polarizer shooting his family in santa cruz. i asked him Tell the guy not to stack filters. Duh! ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch I disagree with unanimity.