Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/20

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V8 #100
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:21:32 -0700

albert,

> re: 2 uv or not 2

though i'm not dogmatic about it, i do use a uv filter for lens protection
- - i'm simply afraid to scratch or otherwise dammage the front element of
the lens. i have a b+w multi coated uv filter for each of my (currently
two) leica lenses and generally leave them on, except when switching to a
yellow or red filter (i shoot in b&w).

i've occasionally shot a picture or two without the filter and honestly
couldn't tell the difference, except when shooting into the light, when i
got some pretty monstrous flare. i'll take off the filter in such
circumstances in the future...

guy (who has tendencies tword uv-type fanaticism but is trying to lighten up)