Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] UV filters - and other one-sided "holy wars"
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 21:14:15 -0400

Who says the $10 piece of glass is any less "optically perfect" than the
fancy shmantzy B+W piece of glass?  Show me the meat!

Dan C.

At 05:51 PM 25-05-99 -0700, you wrote:

>I will admit to having some filters from swap meets but I enjoy using a
>Heliopan S 46 8x -3 Made in Germany Red on my 90mm Elmarit which cost me
>$33.33 from a Camera store in Denver. I'm under the impression I'm not
>degrading my image. It's a tool that makes me happy. I have mainly B+W
>filters which cost 20 or 30$ and will upgrade some of them to
>multicoated versions soon. I do believe in the lowest common denominator
>theory in which sticking cheap not optically perfect glass over a
>quality lensgroup results in cheap not optically perfect image quality.
>That would seem to make sense. Is that not basic logic? I'm no math genius.
>I love spending a couple of bucks for some odd filter in a grab box but
>to upgrade it on the long run.
>Mark Rabiner
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