Re: [Leica] Leica filters

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

I was at Keeble & Shuchat photography today (bought a mint late 90/2.8 M)
and asked Jeff to see both a B+W multicoated UV and a new Leica UV. I stood
there and looked at the reflection of the overhead florescent lights in the
Leica UV, but in the B+W filter, they were barely perceptible. Further...
the filters were laying on a white piece of paper. The paper had a very
yellow cast while looking through the Leica filter, and there was
absolutely no cast through the B+W filter. Jeff and I stood there and
looked, turned, and whatever. But it's true. The B+W filter is indeed
totally colorless and suppresses reflections to almost extinct, while the
Leica UV is yellow and exhibits a highly reflective front surface.

Now you all know me. I was just observing the test. No way would either
filter adorn the front of one of my lenses.

Successful test though.

Jim


At 02:11 PM 3/2/98 -0800, you wrote:
>My Leica UV filters sure appear to have multicoatings.
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>Bob Rose
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>From: "Art Searle" <w2nra@erols.com>
>Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:46:32 -0500
>Subject: [Leica] 
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>Jim Brick wrote:
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>> If you insist on using a UV filter, you should be using a B+W multicoated
>> filter. Leica UV filters are not (unless they just recently changed)
>> multicoated.  [snip]
>
>>This info is attributed to Jeff Alford, Leica specialist at K&S
>Photography.
>
>WHAT!  CAN THIS BE TRUE?  WHY DID I PAY $85 for a Leica UV non-multicoated
>filter?
>
>Art
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