Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On 2/8/07 11:16 PM, "Alastair Firkin" <firkin@ncable.net.au> typed: > >> >>> They don't even have to be circular so you can get a cheaper one. >>> >>> Get an octagon one! Much cheaper I'm sure. >>> >>> 55mms is small compared to the average filter all those DSLR guys get >>> with >>> their 2.8 Yuban coffee can zooms. >>> >>> 77mm is the standard now!!! >>> >>> I remember when it was 52mms for Nikon, 55mms for Canon, 48mms for >>> Olympus. >>> ...like it was sunny yesterday! >>> >>> And 43mms for Olympus Pen F >> >> 55mm for my slew of minolta lenses: still have them and the filters: >> really should have sold them before the digital crash ;-) >> >> Cheers >> >> > Did you get weird effects if you put Canon Filters on your Minolta lens? Weird might have been a help for my imagery ;-) > > I remember the Hype was Nikon made there own glass for their fitters while > Canon got theirs from somewhere else. So that was a big deal. For > somebody. > I never knew anybody who could AFFORD a Nikon filter. Yes, I remember the same hype at Minolta: they always made a big issue about making their own glass and filters etc. I sorta like that sorta thing and thats why I love the Leica hype ;-) Minolta filters were very "slim" I bought a yellow one because the guy in the store in Singapore told me it would enhance the clouds: but all it did was turn all my kodachromes yellow. It was 1972 after all ;-) Cheers Alastair