Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] filters, orange dots and baseplate stickers
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 21:41:45 -0800

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.
>