Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/14

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Subject: [Leica] Black UV filters
From: "Jacques Bilinski" <jbilin@axionet.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 21:07:08 -0700
References: <396F33AD.2A9336B1@sympatico.ca> <396F8F48.E8390049@webshuttle.ch> <396FC2D3.B7B115D7@sympatico.ca>

> To add even more sex appeal, put a black UV filter >
>

When you stop and think obout it UV filters should really be called white
filters. Yellow filters let through yellow light, red filters let through
red light, IR filters IR light .... So how come UV filters block UV light?

In reply to: Message from David Binder <dbinder@sympatico.ca> ([Leica] leica for my mid-life crisis)
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