Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I still have a filter on my 50/1.4 Nikkor LTM because I feel it to be totally unreplaceable. I have to protect my baby. Jeffey On Feb 26, 2010, at 10:17 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: > Hi Sonny, > > Following your logic, then old geezers like me, with Leica LTM and Leica-R > lenses from the 50s and 60s, can use protective filters without ridicule? > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Will you put filter infront of your Noctilux > > >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Robert D. Baron <rbaron at >> concentric.net>wrote: >> >>> I've read through this thread and my eyes are starting to cross. >>> >>> Isn't the first question what kind of camera are you using? And the >>> second question what are you shooting? >>> >>> If Jerry is using an M8 shouldn't he _be_ using an ir cut filter most >>> of the time? Or should he be putting it on and taking it off depending >>> on the scene he is shooting? >>> >> >> The answer is simply: >> >> With modern Leica lenses you don't need filters for protection, only for >> light modification. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> (+31.754164,-093.099080) >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information