Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:51 PM 1/27/99 -0500, you wrote: The sales clerk said that the circular filters are only needed for >auto focus cameras. > >Who is correct, Bove or the sales clerk? > >Thanks for any assistance in clarifying this issue. > >Peter in NJ > This is true, Peter! The normal polarizing filters interfer with the autofocus so they came up with circular ones to enable the autofocus to work. Isn't it nice that the Leica's require a cheaper filter! You can usually depend on the B&H folks. They know what they are talking about. Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html http://www.pomegranates.com/frame/manley/index.html http://members.tripod.com/~Tina_Manley/index.html