Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:07 PM 7/31/01 +0200, Matthias Nickel wrote: >However, the answers that I got, didn't help me at all: apparently I didn't >explain the problem well enough. I recently went to some of the local photo >dealers to get UVa filter for my 1:2/35 Summicron (with eyes) and 1:4/90 Elmar >(the one you pull out). They all had both regular 39 mm and 40.5 mm UVa's in >stock. The 40.5 was definitely too big, while the 39 mm filter was just fragments >of one mm too small to fit - it just fell off. I then checked directly with Hama >here in Germany, and they told me that Leica 39 is different from regular 39. >Alas, they don't make the filters I need anymore, so hence my question regarding >other manufacturers.....! I use regular, off-the-shelf, Heliopan and B+W 39mm filters on my 4/90 collapsible Elmar, Matthias. I suspect Hama was "spinning" you a bit. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!