glenerrolrd
Workshop Member
As much as I hated the thought of sticking another surface to air element in front of my Leica glass........I have grown comfortable with the Uv/Ir filters. One thing I really like is the ability to keep the lens with hood attached and no lens cap. Each time I mount the lens ..out of habit ...I whip the filter with a leica cleaning cloth. (around the ocean I have to wash off the filters after every shoot). So there is some advantage to have at least plain glass in front of the lens. (even if I have to take them off for night work).
The longer lenses with the extendable hoods (50 and up) probably will go back to caps. But for the 28 summicron and 35 summilux I will need E46 filters. B+W seems to have a thin plain glass multicoated filter? Any ideas or is the consensus to go without?
The longer lenses with the extendable hoods (50 and up) probably will go back to caps. But for the 28 summicron and 35 summilux I will need E46 filters. B+W seems to have a thin plain glass multicoated filter? Any ideas or is the consensus to go without?