Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are actually putting a UV on a NOCTILUX ??? Geez! An utterly exquisite lens. For that amount of money, one would want to eek out every micro ounce of quality from the lens. The lens. Sorry, I feel ill! You don't need loctite. Jim At 06:40 AM 3/12/98 +0000, you wrote: >After reading all the mail about not using UV filters for protection, and >finding my B&W was a single coated one, I went to remove it from my >Noctilux. I held the lens by the base gripped the filter and turned, it >unscrewed fairly easily, about normal. Then I realised I was unscrewing the >lens assembly from the mount. I quickly tightened it up again and removed >the filter gripping the lens unit not the base. After retightening the lens >is properly aligned (aperture stop at the top etc). Should I be brave, >unscrew it completely and put a dob of loctite on the threads, or leave it >alone and be careful unscrewing filters, or ??? >Thanks for any advice, >Mike >