Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 1:47 PM +1100 2/10/00, Peter Zak wrote: <snip> >Ok, so the solution is (surprise, surprise) take to UVA filters off for >night shooting. > >But my question is - why have I never noticed this in 7 years of Nikon >shooting using some very cheap and nasty UVA filters at all times (ie >non-HMC Hoya, Arrow !!). A $15 filter doesn't have this problem, a $200 one >does ??. > >I have sent an email back to Leica asking the same question. I will post >the response when it arrives. I've had the same problem with Nikon filters, B+W, Tiffen, Hoya, Cokin, etc. Cheap filters have done it. Gels usually don't as they aren't necessarily flat (which doesn't matter, as they are thin enough). So on large format stuff I tend to use gels, and on smaller formats, Leica included, I generally use the filters that fit and don't worry too much, and take off all filters that aren't strictly necessary. If it's a tripod situation, with odd lighting and I measured it with my color meter, I usually use gels anyways. Treat them carefully and they can last a long time. The main thing is, don't use filters unless you have to, and use thin ones with parallel faces (the latter item isn't as common as you might suppose). * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com