Re: Polarizing Filters on Rangefinders..

[Wolfgang Sachse <sachse@msc.cornell.edu>]

> if you
> have only one lens (ideally the 65mm) but makes a mockery of the =
> automation when
> a range of lenses are used.
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> I would also add that if the metering is separate from the taking system =
> one cannot use filters with ease.  I believe filters, especially a =
> polarizing filter, are mandatory for landscape photography.=20
> 
> Paul T. Collura
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	Hi -

	As with any rangefinder camera. Filters are a
	bit tricky -- but note that filters are not
	MANDATORY! Who mandated this? The few times that
	I have used a polarizing filter on the M7, I have
	dialed-in the exposure compensation (1 1/2 stop)
	into the exposure meter, viewed the scence through
	the filter and then attached the filter to the
	lens. Not ideal. But climbing a 2000 meter mountain
	for six hours I'd rather carry a light camera than
	an SLR probably weighing twice as much - even if
	it offers through-the-lens/filter viewing. It all
	depends on your needs. Leica makes/made a swing-in-place
	polarizing filter for the M-series but I haven't seen
	a similar item available for general use.

	'Hope this ends this thread which rightfully belongs
	elsewhere.

	-- Wolfgang
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    Wolfgang Sachse                             Cornell University
    sachse@msc.cornell.edu      http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~sachse
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