Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 23 Jul 1998 21:59:41 -0700, Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> wrote: > ps... putting a filter on this lens is sacrilegious, which Webster defines > as "gross irreverence toward a hallowed thing." Just say no! It was Leica > themselves that warned you Yep, says so right in the little booklet packed with the lens and its Echt Leder case. None of the usual weaselling about how filters shouldn't usually be necessary; they just come out and say that use of filters with this lens is not recommended. So far, I haven't felt a strong need to screw one onto mine. But I've been meaning to do some semicontrolled tests, anyway, because, hell -- sometimes a filter has a genuine, useful purpose! None of this UV nonsense, of course, but sometimes a nice yellow or orange filter brings B&W tones in line; sometimes I think I'd like to slap an ND on the Noct so I can keep it open even though Leica hasn't yet given me 1/8000... :-) Since I haven't yet gotten around to that, though -- I've been too busy taking pictures with it to shoot tests -- anybody else have comments based on real-world experiences with a befiltered Noctilux? I mean, how bad is it, and with what qualitative characteristics? -Jeff Moore <jbm@instinet.com>