Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux owners are you using a filter??
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:10:01 -0800

Tony Rowlett wrote:
> 
> Mark Hanner wrote:
> >Noctilux owners are you using a filter??
> 
> I am completely filterless; just won't put any filter on any of my Leitz
> glass, including my Nocti-babe.  But lens caps NEVER go farther away from
> the camera than my left hand which is usually helping to hold the camera,
> and sure enough, after each exposure, there goes the cap right on the lens
> without a second thought.    As much as I hate filters, I also hate
> cleaning my lenses, but a quick blast of compressed air from about three
> feet away usually keeps them sparkling clean.
> 
> Tony Rowlett
> Anchorage, Alaska
> http://www.alaska.net/~rowlett

I owned dozens of lenses for decades and have never damaged a front
element and only use filters when I want and effect.
Gravity has not always been my friend either. Plenty of expensive stuff
have hit the pavement or floor at various G's.
I also don't wear socks in bed.
Mark Rabiner