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Which slim UV filter works with the 12586 hood for the Lux 50mm?


monomarc

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If you mean the Summilux 50/1.4 # 11114 (pic), my sample with 12586 hood fits regular E43 (M 43 x 0.5) Leica filters. I don't have UVa's this size myself but the order number of the E43 UVa Leica filter is 13206 according to my Leitz general catalogue from 1980.

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Leica made 2 types of filter for that lens.  One is a slim mount with no front threads.  The hood passes over it and clips onto the groove on the lens itself.  In later years they made the filters wider and with a groove in the filter mount, which the hood clips onto.  I happen to prefer the first type, because the glass is retained by a threaded ring with spanner notches.  Filters in odd colors and/or with scratches and cracks and haze can be bought for next to nothing, and glass from new 43mm filters can be swapped in.   The later Leica filters it's more difficult, as the glass is retained by a spring clip.

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