Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:51 PM 6/18/99 +0000, you wrote: >The filtering challenge with this lens is the curvature of the front >element which eliminates the use of "off the shelf" 82 mm filters - >the glass of the filter will contact the glass of the lens. > >Another approach with this lens is the B+W special wide >angle filter holder which holds an unmounted 90 mm glass filter. It >doesn't vignette and it separates the filter from the lens element > >Roy Yes, this is effectively the same thing as the B+W wideangle filter, but with a front ring that unscrews and allows you to use interchangeable glass. These 82mm wide angle filters and 82mm wide angle filter holders are both somewhat massive. Using a 20mm Flektogon I have in R mount (subsconscioulsy I must have realised how handy it might be some day) is looking like a much better idea. It takes normal 67mm filters with no vignetting. Joe Berenbaum