Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Filters
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:01:43 -0500

At 09:04 PM 23-03-98 -0500, you wrote:
>I hate to get this going again. . . but
>
>I'll agree with your premise that in most (maybe not 99%, but most) picture
>taking situations a filter won't hurt a thing. My question is this, what
>exactly do you think a UV filter protects a lens from?
>
>Tom

It  protects the lens from all the crud that seems to accumulate on the
filters.  And don't tell me that I can clean the crud off the lens.  I do
clean my filters, and inspite of using only the softest, washed 100% cotton
fabrics, over the years many of my B&W filters have developed very fine
scratches on them.  Better them than my $4000 1st version aspheric 35
Summilux.  

Dan C.