| Other than in an SLR, where the user sees
his subject looking through the lens, the effect of a
polarizing filter cannot be judged in the viewfinder of
a rangefinder camera. Nevertheless, many users of rangefinder
cameras would like to benefit from the photographic advantages
of a polarizing filter, such as higher color saturation
and reduction of reflections at non-metallic surfaces.
A very easy-to-handle universal polarizing filter solves
this problem for LEICA M-photographers.
A hinge allows it to be swung exactly 180° over
the viewfinder for composition and setting, and back
again over the lens for metering and shooting. The two
special adapters (threaded rings) for the filter sizes
E 39 and E 46 delivered with the filter enable the use
of the majority of the present interchangeable lenses
for the LEICA M6-models; others for earlier lenses are
also available. The new universal polarizing filter
replaces the former polarizing filter A42.
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