Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/22

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Subject: [Leica] Filter for the M8 B+W 486
From: telyt at earthlink.net (telyt@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Dec 22 09:54:28 2006

Eduardo Albesi <lists@sololeicas.com> wrote:

> how about a thin filter inside the lens
> barrel?

probably would require mechanical re-engineering

> Or at the rear end, as the MR-Telyt-R 500mm?

would be fine for longer lenses, not so for non-retrofocus wide-angle
lenses  because of the angle of incidence.

> it should be possible and relatively simple with the new  
> lenses.

Yup, that's mostly making a management decision accepting certain other
engineering compromises.  Would certainly make IR photography difficult ;-)

> PS:(BTW, is the MR-Telyt-R a Maksutov?)

I don't know, sorry.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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