Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<I want to buy some filters (yellow, orange and red) for <my 90/f2.8 Elmarit (46 mm) and the 35mm-Summilux (39 mm). <Does Leica sell filters? Experience with them? Yes, they sell filters and they are very good (of course:) <Where to <buy them? (I live in Ithaca, NY which is centrally isolated.) Sorry, I could tell you a place in Ginza, but I'm afraid that wouldn't help you very much, < <Any other brands to look at? (Tiffen, Cokin,..??) < The (german made?) B&W filters are an excellent choice. They'll produce also the rather unusual filter sizes for Leica Lenses. (Sometimes I ask myself, whether they also produce the original Leica filters:) Furthermore, some Leica filters (like the 43mm) have a special ring to hold e.g. the lenshood of the 1.4/50 Summilux. Most manufacturers other than Leica will not have this, B&W probably has (?), but check before buying. Otherwise, I've used B&W, Hama, Hoya and Nikon filters (all multi(?)-coated) on my Nikon SLRs, all with good results. The standard seems to be rather high, so it's more a matter of personal taste and availability than quality, I guess. <(On occasion, I'd also love to use a polarizing filter, <but I Think that it's a lot easier on my Nikon SLR.) I think so, too;) <P.S.: I entered a juried photo show last week. Three photos < max were permitted. Two of mine were accepted. Both < were taken with my M6. One with the Elmarit and the < other with the Summilux (a 20 by 30 inch print!) Congratulations, Joerg