@erik @pasqualeberesti in my case, in the 90s, got a pair of Fujica slr cameras for my wife and I, and a few m42 fujinon lenses. They all shared a 49mm filter thread. So i bought some new Tiffen filters. Also a few Hoya. Closeup filters, red ( for black and white), some diffusion, some gradient and some ND. Also uv/haze, and a few others. We used those a good bit, without real issues.

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@erik @pasqualeberesti what followed was a deep dive into vintage filters, as i would often get filters along with the lenses or cameras i would buy on the used market. I discovered Series V, VI, VII etc filters. Where europe adopted metric filters in the 1930s, the US used the Series standard up to the 1970s. A series VII (7) filter would be 2”, almost 51mm. There are adapters to go to/from metric and Series. My favorites were Spiralite (later Spiratone) #photo

@erik @pasqualeberesti and in the process got to play with all kinds of filters (variable multiple colors, kaleidoscopic etc) and many brands.

In recent years, buying new filters i’ve mostly stuck to Tamron, Fujifilm, B+W (citylight) and Hoya.

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