Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:20 PM 7/16/00 -0400, Dan Honemann wrote: > >Well, here's a different take on the uv protection debate: what are the >effects of uv rays on the eye that is viewing through an SLR with a >telephoto lens attached (assuming the eye is not otherwise protected by >eyeglasses or sunglasses)? Could the uv filter help protect the eye from >damaging uv rays? > >Dan (future uv filter salesman (who, by the way, doesn't use 'em)) > No. All Leica and Zeiss (and I suppose brand-x) lenses have full UV inhibiting built-into the lens. The cement between the elements and the glass itself contains UV inhibitor that is as good as, probably better than, any UV filter. Therefore, a UV filter is useless for inhibiting UV as the lens does it already. Jim