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Filter on a MATE w/ factory hood


Good To Be Retired

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52 minutes ago, Good To Be Retired said:

Thanx Jim.  They open in two hours so I'll give it a try.  Probably the cheapest filter I've ever bought though.

Cheapest filter on a $2500 lens makes little sense. Like skinny whitewall tires on a Porsche, "for better mileage". B)

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If this is the 49mm version, Leica made a special filter for it.  The standard Leica filter vignettes.  You can find them used.  Long since out of production.  Sorry I don’t remember the part number...

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2 hours ago, mdemeyer said:

If this is the 49mm version, Leica made a special filter for it.  The standard Leica filter vignettes.  You can find them used.  Long since out of production.  Sorry I don’t remember the part number...

It's 13329, so they did make a special filter after all...........

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12 hours ago, Good To Be Retired said:

Sorry, it's the 55mm version.

 

MATE "I" in E55 version never comes with hood, as Leica stated that the lens has built-in "hood", lens retracted inside in 50mm setting.

 

Side note, this will flare (on mine when strong light is just outside the frame) at 50 setting even if I use the 12592 hood (for 2.8/21mm asph.),

even worse flares with filter on.

I use Minolta E55 filters green GO or yellow Y52 with Monochrom.

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9 hours ago, Firefly said:

It's 13329, so they did make a special filter after all...........

I stand corrected, but is it different than the B+W thin filters?

fleabB*y has one for sale. Appears thinner than the typical filter and the inner thread is blocked by a ring. Seems to have been intended for the Digilux 1 as well.

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Not sure to understand the problem. 
Couple of facts to begin with:
1. This topic is about the MATE v1 (E55), not v2.
2. The MATE v1 has a built-in hood.
3. The 12592 accessory hood can be used on the MATE v1 if needed.
5. E55 Leica filters can be used without hood on the MATE v1.
6. Same filters can be used together with the 12592 hood on the MATE v1.
What is exactly the problem then? Incompatibility of third party filters? Just curious.

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On ‎2‎/‎29‎/‎2020 at 9:18 PM, Firefly said:

I believe Leica made filters specifically for this lens, might be worth checking out the s/h Dealers, regards Rob

Hi

I had one 49mm special Leica MATE filter in order for 8 months... until Leica quite recently informed that this filter will not be produced again.

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