Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<html> <font size=3>Different horse for different course and all that, but I use UV filters on every lens I own. I have to dispose of two--badly scratched or dented--after accidents that would have damaged the lenses, probably beyond reasonable repair.<br> <br> My older-model Summiluxes and Noctilux will not accept lens caps over the hoods (the old bayonet style in the case of the 50/1 and the 75/1.4). The crash that damaged the hood (125604?) of the 35/1.4 also took out the filter--in this case the destruction of *both* served to save the lens itself.<br> <br> Life ain't combat photography, I know, but I carry one camera or another with me every single day. I'm a careful, experienced, user of Leicas, and I'm constantly cleaning stuff off the filters (spray, sweat, pollen, you name it). I shoot 75% of my Leica images on the edge of available light. I *have* shot the same scenes with filter on and filter off. My experience tells me this--if you're able to employ a tripod, then it's probably a good idea to remove the filter. For everything else, the image is far more degraded by camera shake at slow speeds than by any piece of quality glass you might hang in front of the lens. (I use only Leica and B&W).<br> <br> We're individually the best judges of our own gear and its use--this isn't a resolvable issue once we take the lens off the optical bench, which is how I often interpret Erwin's lens evaluations.<br> <br> Why not move on to something simple like, say, the most effective techniques to produce cold fusion at home?<br> <br> Chandos<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> At 04:16 PM 09/29/1999 -0400, you wrote:<br> ><br> >In a message dated 9/29/99 1:04:07 PM, pieter@world.std.com writes:<br> ><br> >>My advice would be just to forget about the the "protective UV filters"<br> >>and get a front cap for the lens shade (Leica part 14041). >><br> ><br> </font><br> </html>