Hey Shel,
The non SMC Pentax UV is a nice filter, but you`re right, when the SMC is
on the lens you can`t tell, because the coatings are so nice. It says "Class
II"
on the box, does your SMC`s say that (Class II) too? I going to eventually
get them
for all my lenses too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: Filter Blab
> Hi Steve ...
>
> > There was a discussion a while back about
> > Pentax filters, on how to tell if they are
> > SMC or not.
>
> All of mine say SMC on the filter ring.
>
> > I won a 77mm UV SMC off ebay a while back,
> > and it is definitely SMC by the
> > wonderful colors. Comparing it to the non
> > SMC it`s like night and day.
>
> I had a SMC skylight on one of the LX one day, and the guys at the
> local camera shop were astonished. Unless they looked very
> carefully they couldn't tell there was a filter on the lens. I
> liked 'em so much that I'm in the process of getting all sizes and
> all colors. Just put an order in for a full set of yellow filters.
> They are, without a doubt, the best filters I've ever used.
>
> > While on filters, the B+W polarizer I have
> > is about twice as massive as all the other (cheap)
> > polarizers I have.
>
> It's big compared to the not so cheap Hoya SMC Pol as well.
>
> --
> Shel Belinkoff
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Grain is the brushstroke of photography." - Man Ray
>
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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