Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]J. Coduto, you are an absolute "gem". Marvelous! Jim At 09:24 PM 3/23/98 -0800, you wrote: >i cant believe there are so many people out there that think placing a >filter on a lens has any useful purpose in photography. the only thing a >filter will do, is make lens manufacturers rich. in fact, most people i >know that use filters do so because they think it will enhance their >pictures or protect their lens. filters make your pictures look different, >not better. as for protecting a lens, put the front and back cap on when >not in use...these will protect your lens where it counts, jostling around >in your camera bag, bouncing down a rutted road in nepal or the australian >outback, but when you shoot...shoot clean. > >i'll never forget the day i saw a gentleman with an M6, and a 35 1.4 Asph M >with a UV, and a polarizer shooting his family in santa cruz. i asked him >what he thought of the images. he said he wasnt real happy with them >because they were always kind of dark and fuzzy... > >the biggest hype yet is the advertising of BW filters. has anyone ever seen >a comparison of the cheapest vivitar filter and a leica or BW? ask yourself >why. besides there are much more important things for we lugheads to think >about...like orange dots and the baseplate protective stickers. Now these >things are really important. >