Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll have to look for a suitable filter material. I didn't realize that the ring could be unscrewed. That might help me get a filter on the window above the lens, rather than where I am presently using it. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: My Latest RF Combination > On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > >>Hi Jim, > >>Thanks for looking. Yes, that is a slip-on orange filter that gives more >>contrast between the rangefinder images. The first one I used was on my >>IIIa when I purchased it in 1952. This one was obtained from DAG. They >>work best when installed on the window above the lens, but, with the rear >>flange on this lens, there's no room, so I get an orange field with a >>white >>spot. > >>Jim Nichols >>Tullahoma, TN USA > =================================================================================================== > I was cheap (and didn't want the filter to fall off), so I cut a circle > out of a magenta CC filter and installed it behind the knurled retaining > ring on my IIIf. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >