harold3

I'm not sure whether your camera is a 'black chrome' or 'black paint'

version. While I have used gaffers tape on black chrome M6s (not to

disguise them but to prevent wear on certain wear-prone areas) for

years without any ill-effect, I have managed to damage the 'black

paint' on a Nikkor AIS lens when removing gaffer's tape! An area of

the black paint came off with the gaffer tape when I took it off.

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Hope this helps

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Harold

Hi

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I have photographed extensively in Africa, both mixed groups and dark

skin tones alone, and I have found that Fuji Astia actually works

very well for the purpose. In fact, I find Fuji Astia very good for

people. That is, after all, what it was designed for!

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Keep well

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Harold

Hi Luke

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I realise you may well have already tried this but it's just a

thought. I once got a big shock when I thought that I had scratched

the coating on the front element of my Nikkor 85mm F1.4. Breathing on

it and wiping did not remove the apparent scratch. A small amount of

lens cleaning fluid on a microfibre cloth did the trick though. It

was a very fine line smear of something oily which wiped off. I hope

your scratches may turn out to be the same.

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Harold

The following job advertisement from Leica's website does suggest that Leica is thinking along the lines of a digital camera other than point and shoot models.

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http://www.leica-camera.com/unternehmen/personal/data/02463/index.html

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Harold

I'm living in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, home of Leica in the UK.

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I am from South Africa originally ... moved to the UK a year ago.

Hi Phil

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Schneider makes some very nice filters under the B+W name.

You can get them from, among others, http://www.robertwhite.co.uk

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I use Heliopan filters (made using Schott glass) and have found them

very good. Robert White also stocks these.

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Both the above makes use brass mounting rings.

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I think that there is a little company from Solms called Leica which

certainly used to offer its own brand filters, though I'm not sure

what the size of the range of coloured filters is now.

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Hope this helps