Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/24

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Subject: [Leica] HCB used filters?
From: Dave Myers <myers@bluelake.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 21:29:04 -0500
 
Hello...

I promised myself I wasn't going to get into this filter discussion, but
I was looking at the September/October 1997 issue of American Photo the
other night and noticed a picture of Henri Cartier-Bresson holding an M
with a 90 mm lens with what certainly appears to be a UV filter on it.
The point being... when I look at his images, I don't generally think
about the quality of the camera or lens or weather or not he used a
filter.  When I look at his work, I am most impressed by the
composition... the subject matter... the event captured.

If you can make great pictures with a filter on, do it.  If you can't,
don't.

My 2 cents.

Dave