[Leica] Ah! Back to the Great Filter Dispute!

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)]

Working from boats and at the seashore I find that a UV filter reduces  
the tendency towards underexposure caused by all that open sky.  It  
also keeps salty spray off the front element.

Regards,

Dick



On Jun 26, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> The simple answer is that you don't need filters except to change  
> the light
> artistically, and of course the ir cut filters.  That is modern Leica
> lenses, from forty years ago or so.  Not just my stance, Leica  
> people in
> Solms mocked me for using an IR on my 28 Elmarit.
>
> If you are fearful of  protecting your front element, then perhaps  
> you've
> found yourself in too severe a locale for your own breathing or vision
> safety?
>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au 
> >
> wrote:
>
>> I hear you Marc. I feel like I have been here long enough now to  
>> have been
>> in a least one previous incarnation of this topic.
>> I don't understand the polarised positions on filters. Use them or  
>> not as
>> you want.
>
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