Super Elmar 21MM filter

[howes hound]

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Has anyone found a UV filter that will fit on the Super Elmar 21mm and allow you to use the hood without vignetting? I tried a Gobe E46, which came beautifully packaged and fit the lens perfectly, except it was too wide to allow the hood to be seated properly.

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vor 2 Minuten schrieb howes hound:

Has anyone found a UV filter that will fit on the Super Elmar 21mm and allow you to use the hood without vignetting? I tried a Gobe E46, which came beautifully packaged and fit the lens perfectly, except it was too wide to allow the hood to be seated properly.

Leica 46mm filters do the job

[mmradman]

Never heard of Gobe brand but if you say they are beautifully packaged there is something for lovers of good packaging.

in terms of filters B&W, Heliopan and Leica all work well with the lens and allow screwing in the lens hood.  Lately I discovered Marubeni threaded circular filters but use larger sizes than E46, convinced they would also work on Super Elmar.  Try to avoid filters with fancy outside knurling, it does nothing but makes life difficult.  If filter gets stuck I usually place lens at slip free surface with filter down and voila, filter gets unscrewed.

[howes hound]

Thanks for the responses. Yes, Leica filters will work but at a Leica price. I've been using Leicas for more than 50 years and have drawers full of Leitz filters which I happily bought back in the day when one set of 39mm filters and a single lens hood did the job for 35, 50, 90 and 135mm lenses, and when most cheaper filters were sub-par. These days there are lots of brands that perform perfectly at a fraction of what Leica asks.

mmradman, I agree re. knurled filters. Aside from the knurling doing nothing it can interfere with built-in hoods, as on the Vario-Elmar 1:4/35-70.

[mmradman]

On 12/1/2023 at 8:23 PM, mmradman said:

Never heard of Gobe brand but if you say they are beautifully packaged there is something for lovers of good packaging.

in terms of filters B&W, Heliopan and Leica all work well with the lens and allow screwing in the lens hood.  Lately I discovered Marubeni threaded circular filters but use larger sizes than E46, convinced they would also work on Super Elmar.  Try to avoid filters with fancy outside knurling, it does nothing but makes life difficult.  If filter gets stuck I usually place lens at slip free surface with filter down and voila, filter gets unscrewed.

Edit doesn’t work hence the post, fourth brand I should have mentioned is Japanese Marumi, slim rings easy to fit under the lens hood, good quality across the range and even the most expensive ones are cheaper than Leica for instance, all are multicoated, oleophobic and extremely high light transmission, at one time someone mentioned here that Marumi make or used to make filters for Leica. Marumi Exsus protective filter range highly recommended.

 
Marubeni that came to mind in original post is also Japanese business but I doubt they have interests in photographic accessories.

[logan2z]

I've had no issues using B+W filters on the 21mm SEM with the hood. 

[SiggiGun]

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I have no issues using Leica "standard" filter on the 21mm SEM with the hood. 

[sarav]

On 12/3/2023 at 11:55 AM, SiggiGun said:

I have no issues using Leica "standard" filter on the 21mm SEM with the hood. 

so have I. No difference in vignetting with or without filter.

[costa43]

I own the 24mm which has a similar design and use a Marumi ultra slim 46mm filter. It was a low cost filter but works well. I believe Marumi have supplied Leica with filter glass in the past.

[Ken Abrahams]

I haven't experienced vignetting with the hood screwed over any filters and I use B&W filters. early in the piece when I tried to stack two screw on filters on the 21 SEM I got pretty bad vignetting. I still have my range of filters and preferred to use the Nissi 75 kit filters and adapters and which eliminated any chance of vignetting.