Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Randy Holst wrote: > > Hello All, > > I often use an 81B filter when shooting transparency film under > cloudy/shady conditions with my Nikons and have a Hoya HMC (multicoated) > filter for that purpose. I'd like to find a multicoated 81B filter to > use on my 35/f2 Summicron-M (E-39), but none of the manufacturers I've > checked (B&W, Tiffen, Hoya) list a multicoated 81B in that size. > > 1. Is there such a thing as a multicoated E-39 size 81B filter? > > 2. Do I even need "multicoating" on a warming filter. > > Randy Holst > Boise, Idaho http://www.2filter.com/prices/BWfilters.html B+W will make any filter multicoated (and it will say MC on the side but you need to special order it and wait a month of two to get it). I'd call it an admirable quest. Personally I think the 81A is plenty warm for modern films typical needs if that. Mark Rabiner The fellow above will set you up. I believe the 81A,B,C,D are in 100 K warming increments but other filter companies call theirs other names like CR, or WM so you can get the equivalent filter as that company makes it. B+W has I think both the 81 series but then it's own delineation which might be more extensive.