Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Why not consider the Leica polarizer? It only _looks_ big and clunky. It's actually not heavy, comes with its own built-in shade, and swings up for quick and easy adjustments (swinging back down at 180 degree rotation). Sure, it costs more, but hey, that's why we're Leicaholics. :) Dan > On a whim yesterday I bought a circular B+W not cheap polarizer > at camera world > in the 39mm size to fit both my 50 and 35mm lenses. > With a Leica M I don't need a circular polarizer i need perhaps a > multicoated > one so I'm paying some real money for what I don't want and not > really getting > what I think I need. But I got a little bit of a deal on this > perhaps and the > skies have been relentlessly blue the past week and every time i put on my > polarizing bifocals i see what my shots are missing. > > So it looks like my lens shades don't work with this darn new > polarizer. I'll be > needing to get little metal screw on ones from B+W. And we'll see > how much they > block the viewfinder. Eventually I'm going to end up spending > even more money on > a multicoated and possibly thin polarizers perhaps from Heliopan > if not from > B+W. So this one may be just an expensive interim. But I'm going > to have fun > with it. And get some great shots. Make all the fireworks line up > in straight lines. > Mark Rabiner >