Any good 43mm UV filters?

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alexbachin

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I just got a Bessa R3A and a 40/1.4 Nokton SC. I'm excited to start using it, and I wanted to get a UV filter to protect the lens. All I can find, though, are cheap Tiffen filters.

What 43mm filters do you guys use? Wouldn't putting a multi-coated filter on a Nokton SC defeat the purpose of that lens?
 
tiffen are good filters, depending on which model in the line-up.
hoya are excellent filters, and many use b plus w mrc filters, considering them the best and the best value.
good point about an mc on the sc lens...it has been discussed here before...but i'm sure some will offer opinions again.
 
alexbachin said:
I just got a Bessa R3A and a 40/1.4 Nokton SC. I'm excited to start using it, and I wanted to get a UV filter to protect the lens. All I can find, though, are cheap Tiffen filters.
What 43mm filters do you guys use? Wouldn't putting a multi-coated filter on a Nokton SC defeat the purpose of that lens?
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I use B+W - made by Schneider in Germany.
Filters are made to filter light - not to protect lenses - although they do and many people use them just for that. If the characteristics of the lens are so important to you, don't use any filter at all. Doesn't matter much what you choose - you're introducing additional surfaces and coatings.
Having said that, since SC is mainly chosen to allow softness and flare that the MC versions strive to reduce, adding a single layer B+W UV 010 filter will probably not make a lot of difference. As they are made in both SC and MC versions, be sure which one you get!
 
Be careful that the threads of CV and ZM lines of lens are different than others. One is 0.7, another is 0.5mm.

Only the Digi Pro series of B+W filters can be scrwed in all the way.
 
You can get some sizes of B+W MRC filters cheap on eBay. The rings are made from alloy rather than brass but the glass is identical. I've bought several of them and they're excellent.
 
Double Negative said:
CV and ZM lenses use standard threads... It's the Leica 43mm filter that has the "off" threads.
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Correct. The v.1 & v.2 Summilux 50mm takes 43mm filters in 0.5mm thread pitch. 0.75mm is the "normal" thread pitch, and if you hold two filters together, one 0.5 and the other 0.75 you can clearly see the tighter thread pitch on the 0.5mm. Why Leica did that is beyond me, it's caused a lot of people a fair amount of grief.
 
Great! Thanks for the recommendations. All I could find were some $6, uncoated Tiffen filters. The B+W ones look like they'll work well.
 
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