Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]marc, I have used and continue to use hoya filters (super multicoated & ultra) and they are just fine. I typically use hoya super multi or heliopan slim multi interchangeable. the hoya ultra is probably the "slimmest" i have seen for wide lenses, it has not front thread, comes with a cap and the construction is quite good. the heliopan's look a littler heftier but also about 30% more expensive, what kind of problem have u had with hoya filters? _____________________________________ Thanks, Mehrdad [-----Original Message----- [From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Marc James [Small [Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:52 AM [To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [Subject: RE: [Leica] NOw OT Contax, was Leica filters, by Leica? [ [ [At 10:11 AM 7/27/01 -0600, Kevin M. Bell wrote: [>The lenses are produced in Japan, under license. As far as I know, none [>are produced in Germany. They still use Schott glass and the manufacture [>is directed or supervised by engineers from Carl Zeiss. [ [This can be a slippery term, as most of the more mundane Schott glasses are [now made by Hoya -- they are so listed in the Schott Catalog, that industry [standard. Thus, the actual glass used in the Kyocera plant to make a given [Zeiss lens might well come from the Hoya plant in Japan. No problem: the [Hoya standards used for their Schott glasses are quite high. (And, yes, I [have had unfortunate problems with the quality of Hoya filters, but that [isn't the same glass used in their Schott formulae.) [ [It has been the custom that newly introduced or exotic (really wide-angle [or extreme telephoto) designs are made at Oberkochen, while production of [other lenses moves early in the run to Kyocera. [ [Marc [ [msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 [Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! [