Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The reason I asked was: I was being offered a Leica 60mm yellow-green filter for $90+, which seemed to me like a multicoated price. Ben Mark Rabiner wrote: > debugger wrote: > > > > Are Leica brand filters multicoated? > > Dear anonymous debugger: > You are apparently in the mood to get us talking about filters, good > luck. I'm not old to the group but that topic especially the dreaded UV > discussions were talked to death a few weeks back. There might even me a > thing about avoiding it in the read me, FAQ or whatever they call it for > the group. > I would be amazed if they were not multicoated I'm assuming somewhat > new. Another thought is B&W has a secret multicoated option that you can > request and wait from them to make you in Germany. That is Schott glass, > worthy of putting in front of Leitz glass IMO. Heliopan makes filters > for contax and has some interesting options worthy, IMO of Leitz glass. > B&W might make filters for Leica, someone might straighten me out on that. > Mark Rabiner