Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are less numbers on a 39 than a 46. So the actual numbers do not match. But you can use the relative position within the numeric imprint. I did this before I got a second filter for 39, 46, & 55. It works OK. You just have to be aware of what you are doing, and it's difficult if you are reading a 39 and trying to set a 46 which is under a lens hood. That's why I doubled-up on the filters. The whole set is still less than the Leica flip-up behemoth. Jim At 10:55 AM 2/18/99 -0700, you wrote: >Thanks, Jim... > >> Heliopan polarizing filters have numbers around the filter rim... I >> have two of each size polarizing filters. One on the camera, the other in >> my vest pocket. I look through the second filter to get the desired effect, >> noting the number. I then set the filter that is on my lens to this number. > > Do you know if the numbers on two different filter sizes will be >oriented the same? Could I use a 46, for example, to estimate the position >required of a lens-mounted 39? > >-Gary > colbyg@ulv.edu