[Leica] Leica Service in Hong Kong

[tomschofield at comcast.net (Tom Schofield)]

If your filters have brass rings, get the cheaper aluminum stepping  
rings.  I had a bad experience with brass ring filters getting stuck  
on brass stepping rings.  heliopan seems to be the only one making  
brass stepping rings. B+W went aluminum.

Tom
On Apr 20, 2007, at 6:21 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> You can try it, but the lens may vignette from this reduction in  
> the effective width of the front aperture.  ( Sort of like putting
> a lens hodd for a 500 mm lens in a 21mm lens.... the mechanical  
> vignetting is quite pronounced....)
>
> However, given the fact that you will be using an M8, it is  
> possible that the smaller sensor will help.
>
> Where to get a 49 to 46mm Step Down ring?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3y8dc7
>
> B+H Offers them in Tiffen and Cokin and what I think is a no-name  
> General brand....
>
> About $10
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
> I need an adapter so I can
> mount the 46mm filter on the 49mm thread of the 3E (vignetting be
> damned). Can anyone help?
> Cheers,
> Howard (in Hong Kong
>
>
>
>
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