Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Which filter?
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:39:53 -0600 (CST)

Hello, Bob
I didn't communicate well.   I meant take the 'protective' filter 
off -usually a UV -- certainly, if you want it for the photographic 
effect (skylight, 81x, etc) that's different.  I just meant remove 
the two air-glass surfaces if you DON't desire their photogaphic 
effects.
Walt

On
Wed,
18
Nov 1998 Bob_Maxey@mtn.3com.com wrote:

> >>But when you go to Zion or Yosemite and shoot at your own
> pace, take the damn filter off before the exposure --
> it matters on K25 or Fujicolor 100(at 50) or pan-F.....
> 
> Which Filter are you talking about? If it is a Sky or a UV, again...which
> one. There are different versions of each filter, so I am curious. I shoot
> in Southern Utah with Kodachrome 25 and I shoot in high altitudes with K25,
> and the differences I see are slight and not observable to those who view
> my slides. Incidentally, I am going on 25 years with Kodachrome and
> thousands of rolls. I prefer filters because they do protect the lens.
> 
> RM
> 
>