Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 12/15/03 5:31 PM, Seth Rosner at sethrosner@direcway.com wrote: > Hello Tina: > >> Tina Manley said: >>>> You guys are outstanding equipment gurus. I never even realized the >> filter slot was there and when I read your e-mails, I thought "No way!" > But >> there >>> it was, hidden by a sliding slot and containing (horrors!!) a Leica UV >>> filter. I can't imagine why I would ever use that!<<< > > I have a vague recollection of reading or hearing years ago that that thin, > flat sliver of glass is part of the optical design of the lens. I think that > SOME Leitz glass, UV, yellow, orange, red, or whatever the photographer > needs for the image, is supposed to occupy that slot all the time. > > IMHR > > (in my humble recollection) > > Happy holidays all. > > Seth LaK 9 > Nope, if it were part of the optical design it would have been supplied with the lens. My 400 & 560 have been UV filter-less for over 20 years and if they're optically deficient w/o the filter then it can't be much of a deficiency. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html