Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I loVe you old guys ;D Anyway I figure I'll throw in my $2 even though it's futile... Filters: I have filters on all my SLR lenses and have none on my M lenses. Why you ask? It seems my SLR has a greater gravitational pull and 3 times over the past 10 years I have seen my camera & lens hurl themselves at the ground!! All three times it was on the filter and either just bent it or cracked the glass as well. So my SLR filters have saved me many times. My latest lens issue is with a 100mm that I dropped when on my last trip. A few days in I cracked the filter and was sure I'd see some issue in the corner of my photos. But I said screw it and still shot with it for the next two weeks, AFAIK all the shots look ok. The M is (was) different for some reason. I figure since the hoods are so small and stay on pretty well that is my protection. I never use caps as I see them as a hassle and they slow you down if your trying to be fast. It's easier to grab the lens from your bag, mount it, and if it needs a cleaning blow on it or wipe it with your shirt and as long as your not wearing hemp it should be a-ok :) - -- John Straus Chicago, IL http://SlideOne.com http://SlideOne.com/EditorsRoom ========================== >> SonC (Sonny Carter wrote: >> That said, I damaged my 90 tele-elmarit because I was careless, and >> accidentally dropped a ball point pen head point first into the camera >> bag; it fell in a direct hit onto my front element. I now back cap >> my lenses when I put them into the bag, (shade on) face down. Though >> as far as I can see it has had absolutely NO effect on the image.<<<< on 12/10/02 12:19 PM, Ted Grant at tedgrant@shaw.ca wrote: > I of course for sometime after swore I could see it.... actually it was an > imaginary mark only in my minds eye. I eventually sold and bought a new one > ! :-) > > And I still don't use a filters for any of the lenses including the Noctilux > of my life! :-) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html