Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:57 PM 2/18/99 +0000, you wrote: >One characteristic of the earlier 19mm is that a filter cannot be >attached. In fact, the factory literature of the day noted that >filter use with this lens was not recommended - despite the >incorporation of filter threading. My own limited experimentation >resulted in the filter glass touching the font element of the lens. > >However, Lee now has a 4"x4" resin filter holder that I'm going to >try out as soon as I get a chance to cart the lens over to the supply >shop. I would use filters for color correction under fluorescent >lighting. > >Roy There is a B+W filter that fits without touching the front element or vignetting, made by B+W and it is the wideangle version of whatever screw thread it is at the front of the lens (I can't remember and don't have anything nearby to remind me). It is in the back of the B+W catalogue (at least it is in my old one). Osterloh mentions this filter in his book on the Leica reflex system. Then you have two choices; you either get the separate filter/s you need, or you get the holder that is efffectively the same thing but with a screw-in ring that holds the glass in place and a few different glass filters to put in it. This does actually work. I tried a Lee holder and it fouled up on the studs for the lens hood, but I don't know if this was the same thing as described above. I haven't used this lens enough to be able to comment on its performance. Joe Berenbaum