Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:01 AM 24/3/98 -0500, you wrote: >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. > Tom, Please read my recent post Re: "Chiangmai." From my experience, my filter was scratched but my front element is still in great shape. Changing the filter costs only $60. Dan K.