Filter for summaron 28mm

[antonioxrosa]

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I am looking for a filter for the summaron 28mm silver. I know about the Marumi filter but it a bit bulky. Anyone know a thin 34mm filter in silver?

[M11 for me]

is it a protection filter you're looking for?

[Petrichor]

I’m in Australia and could not find one for love nor money here.

In the end I was fortunate enough to get a Tiffen and a Heliopan as protective UV filters from B&H. Always good to have a spare. I thought if I damage one I’ll need another as backup.

I have no affiliation with any brands mentioned.

Filter protects - no loss of detail or distortion noticed. 

Love my Summaron 28. Favourite lens. Renders magical results (to me). A jewel of a lens. Outshines my Q3 Summilux f1.7 in my eyes with full bodied ‘rich’ detail @5.6 and f8 (YMMV).

 

 

 

 

 

 

[antonioxrosa]

37 minutes ago, M11 for me said:

is it a protection filter you're looking for?

Yes it is. Thanks

[antonioxrosa]

18 minutes ago, Petrichor said:

I’m in Australia and could not find one for love nor money here.

In the end I was fortunate enough to get a Tiffen and a Heliopan as protective UV filters from B&H. Always good to have a spare. I thought if I damage one I’ll need another as backup.

I have no affiliation with any brands mentioned.

Filter protects - no loss of detail or distortion noticed. 

Love my Summaron 28. Favourite lens. Renders magical results (to me). A jewel of a lens. Outshines my Q3 Summilux f1.7 in my eyes with full bodied ‘rich’ detail @5.6 and f8 (YMMV).

 

Thanks for you input. I assume those filters are black right?..I am looking for something in silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

18 minutes ago, Petrichor said:

I’m in Australia and could not find one for love nor money here.

In the end I was fortunate enough to get a Tiffen and a Heliopan as protective UV filters from B&H. Always good to have a spare. I thought if I damage one I’ll need another as backup.

I have no affiliation with any brands mentioned.

Filter protects - no loss of detail or distortion noticed. 

Love my Summaron 28. Favourite lens. Renders magical results (to me). A jewel of a lens. Outshines my Q3 Summilux f1.7 in my eyes with full bodied ‘rich’ detail @5.6 and f8 (YMMV).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[M11 for me]

Just my 2 cents: The Summaron is such a beautiful lens that should be used without any protection filter that just will make that lens ugly. And to be sincere: How many lenses did you scratch in the past? Maybe a finger print from time to time.

[Scrapbook]

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I use a Heliopan digital UV 0 34mm (I mainly use this filter because it fixes the sunshade!).

Claus

Edited February 10, 2024 by Scrapbook

[Alberti]

On 2/10/2024 at 10:29 PM, Al Brown said:

It is not just about the scratching. When a lens falls nose down on a surface, the filter usually takes the burden and absorbs the impact. That is the main reason I still use filters on ALL my lenses. Saved several of them this way.

What I have done with some old (green- and tungsten-) E39 filters from film time, take the glass out and use it on the front of the lens. Impact resistance, and finger-jab resistance. 
looking at the pseudo unavailability of E34, it would have been a nice commercial gesture of Leica to include it - there is enough room in the slim box; as it stands it is already the most expensive lens:  €2.800 for maybe less than twenty gram finely ground glass. 🤑

Edited March 23, 2024 by Alberti

[TomB_tx]

On 2/10/2024 at 3:29 PM, Al Brown said:

It is not just about the scratching. When a lens falls nose down on a surface, the filter usually takes the burden and absorbs the impact. That is the main reason I still use filters on ALL my lenses. Saved several of them this way.

I dropped one lens in 55 years of Leica use - about 4 ft. to a wood floor. No visible damage, but the focus helicoid was tight and uneven. I doubt if a filter would have helped. The repair cost less than filters for all my Leica lenses...