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Subject: [Leica] OH NO, not another filters thread!
From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:40:20 -0800
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>Karen
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>Tried the hood and it does not fix this problem.  Thought one of the newer
>UV with the super multi-coatings would help reduce the tendency.  I hear
>the latest Hoya and H+K MRC filters are really good in this area.
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>Gene
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>>Rolfe
>>
>>Yes I agree.  I am wondering if the use of one of the newer multicoated
>>design UV filters would also help.  I was at the local camera shop today
>at
>>noon and got a brochure of Hoya's offerings.  I will also check some of
>the
>>other filter offerings to see what they have which may help.
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>A filter will only increase flare, not decrease it (more surfaces to
>bounce off of). The problem isn't UV light bouncing around, it's
>visible light.
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>Try a lens hood, does wonders.
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>Karen Nakamura
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Karen is quite right. Nearly all filters can only increase flare; 
only polarizers can reduce _some_ types of flare at times. UV filters 
can never reduce flare.

Check the archives.

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