Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Filters on a 15 mm M lens
From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 09:37:51 -0800
References: <004501c04613$30419060$c73ffea9@ELNred735i>

Sigma made an ultra wide with a gel holder on the back of the lens.  You
would have to cut the gelto size (about 1 or 2 cm square).

Tom

> As much as it is usually anathema, another approach for using filters is
to
> put glassine filters on the BACK of the lens, essentially on the rear
> element holding ring.  The filters can be held on in many ways, but I use
a
> tiny bit of vaseline on the rear element ring, then deftly apply the
> glassine filter.
>
> Works great with a Nikonos!
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>

In reply to: Message from "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> ([Leica] Filters on a 15 mm M lens)