Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison, This is Leica's strange way of making you use a high quality filter such as B+W or Heliopan. Both B+W and Heliopan offer an extensive selection of 60mm filters. Over the years Leica has used filter sizes that are off the beaten path! Jeff Alford Harrison McClary wrote: > How about because it is dammed hard and annoying to have to get either > step rings or special built filters when you want to do something as > essential as color correction? > > I know you shoot color neg, but many of us shoot chrome under adverse > conditions and to say Leica is annoying because of the odd filter size is > an understatement. > > Eric Welch wrote > > >For what purpose? The new 50 Summilux R is now 60mm. Seems that's the size > >they've settled on. The more lenses they do that, the better the filter > >situation will be. > > Harrison McClary > http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto