Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/08

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To: amehta@mcs.net
Subject: Re: to UV filter or not
From: wongfr@hkstar.com (W. K. Wong)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:00:17 +0800
Cc: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us

>Hi all!
>
>I just picked up a new 90/2.8 Elmarit-M, and was suprised to find
>mention in the documentation the suggestion NOT to use a UV filter.
>As this has always been my habit in the past to protect the lens
>surface, I was wondering what comments you might have on this.  If
>there isn't that strong an optical case for it -- and I understand
>that reflections may occur, etc. -- I would prefer to use one as
>I occasionally find myself photographing in a mist, etc.

Strange to hear that, I found no such words on my new 90/2.8-R doc. 
(Though I commit that taking off the filter could better preserve the
optical quality).

/W. K. Wong