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The building material of the Softar is a so called acrylic glass, an organic plastic material,

not conventional glass SiO2. This is due to the Softar production in a molding process.

Consequence for the user: be carefull with agressive chemicals and clean it in a gentle way.

Sincerely

Dr. Hubert Nasse

Camera Lens Division, PH-LA

Tel. 07364/20-2846

Fax: 07364/20-3466

eMail: nasse@zeiss.de

www.zeiss.de/photo

Hi. Thank you in advance. I just purchased a Heliopan Zeiss Softar I

The filter itself sais " Carl Zeiss Germany S62 Softar I " There is

a note on the back of the casing that sais. """" Zeiss Softar lenses

are made of plastic and require care in using, handling and

cleaning """" Are Softar filters supposed to be plastic ? I thought

I was purchasing glass? This filter was quite expensive and I will

need to know a difinitive answer on this before I take action. An

educated response is appreciated.

Thank you in advance. I use a Nikon F90X (N90s) with an SB-26

Speedlight. I like to shoot in Apreture Priority at f/2.8 or f/3.5.

I have the Speedlight set to Normal TTL. I've just noticed that the

system wants to set the shutter speed at 1/60. I am shooting

portrait type images in brightly shaded mid-daylight. The ambient

light is significant. Will the flash still fire, knowing that with a

combination of bright ambient light, a wide open apreture, and a

slow 1/60 sync speed? All I am looking for is to cut a little

shadwoing out. Will all of this light wash out ( overexpose ) and

image on transperancy film? I know I have a little more lattitude

with print film, but am concerned with the amount of actual light,

including fill flash that the system will record. Any comments

appreciated.