Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are two ways to do this. 1. Buy a step up ring...works great. Use the filter on all of your lenses and camera this way. 2. Go to your local fabric store. Buy a piece of black netting and attached it over the lens with a rubber band. I know this is not too high-tech but it does the job very well. When you consider the difference in cost - less than $.10 vs. $200 plus for filter and rings it is really a no-brainer unless you like to spend lots of money. Actually, you can buy several types of BLACK netting if you feel you are not spending enough. Get colored rubber bands or have a custom made gold ring fabricated to hold your $.10 filter. In fact, the netting works as well or better than the softar. Remember...aperture is the key. Don't let the propaganda from Zeiss fool you...that softar is not the same at all apertures and be sure to give at least one stop extra exposure for the softar. Obviously you will have to give additional exposure for the netting, but black is absolutely the best for more reasons than I have time to discuss. Others on the LUG can probably inform you about more options. Good luck, Roger pet05.jpg (10752 bytes) <http://www.robinsnestphotography.com/> Roger Skully Robin’s Nest Photography www.robinsnestphotography.com <http://www.robinsnestphotography.com/> - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Derek Zeanah Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:20 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Soft filter for 90 Elmarit... - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I know *any* filter in front of Leica glass is frowned upon, but I'm hoping someone can help here... I'd like the equivalent of a Softar I for my Elmarit, but it looks like the smallest Contax/Zeiss makes is 55mm (at least according to B&H's web page). In the past I've had a Hoya softener that was made about the same (many small blotches on the filter instead of circular spots) that performed comparably, but I'm not seeing any of those either. Does anyone make a Softar-esque filter (subtle, but enough, whose effect isn't dependent on aperture) to fit 46mm threads? Thanks. This isn't something that I use much, but it's *really* important on occasion. - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjyZX2sACgkQgFulSVO/UBrb9wCfUTUtVD4Oub3bkrl5KlEPZrcy /8QAoIIgo2ztZZ4BaqLlViwdI4H5o7t+ =Qb3S - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html