Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The wind and elements will not hurt your lens. There is absolutely no reason to put another piece of glass in front of any lens unless it is "enhancing" your photograph. The lens coating is an ionic deposit molecularly bond to the glass. It is exceedingly hard. Lens caps and lens shades do the best job of protecting a lens without degrading the image. These are Leica Solms' words. Bottom line, you cannot put a filter in front of the 15, 16, or 19mm lenses. Jim At 10:18 AM 9/21/99 +0800, Ben Ho ^_^ (BHLJ) wrote: >Hello all, > >I just got the R19/2.8. Tried a few rolls of films and is impressed with >the outcome. However, seems that I cannot put on any protective len in the >front. Is there any way/trick I can do to further safeguard the front >element? (Afraid wind and sand may scratch it.) > >Thanks for the help. > > >Best regards, >Ben ^_^ >