Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: << Not to start an endless and useless thread..;-)....But a UV filter on my 35 Summilux ASPH would have proven quite useful last August when, after my auto accident, it ended up with battery acid on the front element... >> B.D., Not to extend an endless and useless thread too far, but what was the resolution to the damage? A new front element? A new lens? If it was a new element, what was the cost to you? I'm guessing that the near-imperceptible degradation from a filter is insignificant in comparison to the financial degrading of one's checking account for replacing the front element in a Leica lens. Chris Lawson