On Sat, 26 May 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> > I thought you had B+W filters for the lenses already. In that case you
> > could just take the glass out of them and replace it with cut down
> > Pentax glass, so there'd be no additional buying and selling other
> > than the SMC filters. Still expensive, of course, and I wouldn't do
> > it, but it's a possibility.
>
> I hadn't thought about taking the B+W filters apart, and I'm not
> sure that I'd want to do that if I ever decide to take on this
> project. I can't see essentially destroying almost $100.00 of very
> fine filters when, for a few dollars, I can pick up some
> appropriate-sized older, scratched up filters and use their rings.
I missed the first part of this thread, but are you talking about using
49mm+ filters on Leica lenses? If so, why not get a 39mm-XXmm stepping
ring? I don't think I've ever seen one, but I'm sure they must exist. If
not, some companies (B+W comes to mind) will make one for you.
chris
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