Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hologon Fiters
From: Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:02:04 -0500 (EST)

On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Marc James Small wrote:

> At 10:06 PM 12/10/97 -0800, Henning J Wulf wrote:
> >The center filters that Zeiss made for the 15mm Hologon
> >camera and Leica mount lens is also not very good, having sharp cutoff at
> >the edges of the center grey part instead of the smooth transition it
> >should. 
> 
> Well, Zeiss put a LOT of effort in designing these filters precisely for
> the Hologon lens, and they were excruciatingly expensive to manufacture.
> The sharp cutoff was by intention, as that is what the characteristics of
> the lens required.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
> 
> 
I agree totally with Marc. My Hologon Ultrawide with the "filter"
does a magnificent job. Of course f/16 forces me to utilize the
interchangeable Contarex magazines to fit the film with the light
level. Ed Meyers