Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>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