Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Boy, with this filter discussion, I feel like it's Y2K again! When I used the MP and M6 (my use of the past tense was a Freudian slip) outdoors I often used a #25 red filter or a #13 yellow-green. I started with B+H, but eventually went to the slim Heliopan SHPMCs. -rei Ken wrote: > > wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote: >> Roger Hart wrote: >> >> People can talk all they want about not wanting to put another piece of >> glass in front of their expensive lens...but if you buy a high-quality >> filter, no one in the world could tell the difference in your >> photographs. > > This is sort of a tangent, but I just compared some B&W MRC UV filters > to some Hoya HDs (they come in the black box). Both are supposed to be > top of the line. > > Build quality- B+W wins if you like heavy chunks of brass. The Hoya > stuff is as good as it gets in aluminum. I've found the brass threads > from B+W can be rough, I have put wax on them so they don't tear up my > lenses. > > reflections- the B+W MRCs are far more reflective than the Hoya HD > stuff. Both are good though. > > The new B+W "thin" filters are thinner than their usual stuff, but the > difference isn't much with you compare them side by side to anything > else. A lense cap will fit on them, but it's only by about 2 threads. > > Also, B+W just discontinued all blue cooling filters as of 1-1-2010. I > bought as many as I could from various dealers, and can't find any > other maker of multicoated cooling filters at this point. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information