Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> ><Snip> >> Anyone else have any thoughts on whether a UV filter cuts out a >>measurable amount of light? >> >> Regards, >> >> Rob McElroy > >It never occurred to me that it would but come to mention it in very low light >levels I could see how i COULD have an effect. > >On a bright day if the UV filter takes out 1 unit of light out of a >few hundred >units the effect is negligible. >In a coal mine at midnight with one candle off in another part of the cave you >have only 5 units of light to work with. >You don't want to loose one. >Could that be true? Seems like it would be. >mark rabiner >:) >http://spokenword.to/rabiner/ Well, well. I've learned a heck of a lot from that one dumb question! Thanks. Nick