Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctlilux and filters
From: kiklaas@iinet.net.au
Date: 10 May 2002 01:15:44 -0000

Consider it ditched...LOL



> on 5/8/02 8:34 PM, kiklaas@iinet.net.au at kiklaas@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> > 
> > How many Noctliux owners use a  Leica UV filter on this lens.
> > 
> 
> Eeww!  Ickk!
> 
> I often wonder what UV filters are supposed to protect the lens from...
> certainly not from shards of broken filter glass... filters aren't made 
of
> tempered glass, ya know.  Dust and fingerprints can be cleaned off, and 
for
> the last 35 years or so Leica lenses have had hard coatings.  My lenses 
have
> been naked for over 20 years.  In salt water spray or sandstorms, I can
> understand the glass needing protection, but otherwise ditch the UV 
filter!
>  
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
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