Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello! I never used filters because I never felt the need and always avoided putting another piece of glass in front of a lens. But now I have two reasons to get some filters, so I think... * Next summer I'll be going on vacation to the North of Africa. It will be a one week walk and dust will be a certainty. * Whenever my wife takes a camera, the lens will end up with fingerprints :-( Not always, but too many times. I believe these are good reasons to buy some filters, especially when the lens costs (much) more than the camera. So what I want are protective filters. But after some "net research" I really don't know what to buy... All that I know is that a good filter will be, most probably, expensive (but certainly less expensive than a lens :-) Where I live, in Portugal, I have easy access to Hoya, Rodenstock and Sigma filters, but I can use online shops to purchase other brands. Feel free to comment on my reasons to buy the filters (and let me know if there is a barbed wire adapter as this will solve my second reason :-) Finally, please give me some advice on what to look for on a filter, which brand(s) to avoid and which brand(s) make good filters. TIA -- Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta ille nihil dubitat quem nulla scientia dictat