Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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