I finally received a gorgeous 105mm Heliopan RG715 B&W Infrared Filter from B&H. It came in a stylish leatherette pouch, rather than the customary square clamshell case. BTW, the filter was EXPENSIVE - consider it a once in a lifetime purchase - knock on wood.
Question may be Bob, don't you think the square plastic case offers more protection than the leatherette pouch? I am missing something. Not a big issue just thought I'd ask.
Last edited by Andre Noble; 19-May-2013 at 09:15. Reason: add link
yikes. for that much $$ It should have it's own Pelican case.
No, Heliopan uses boxes for sizes up to 86mm - unless the front is too large, and pouches for all larger sizes.
B+W has the rigid plastic box you need. 105mm is just the bigest size they make. I use bigger pouches for larger filter size and had no problems with them, but I would prefer plastic rigid boxes.
Just for info:
http://www.foto-huppert.de/default2.asp
I bought a Schneider center filter IIId recently - similarly large, with 82mm inner and 105mm outer mount - and that one, too, came in a pouch rather than a plastic case.
I bought the last Heliopan filter I own in 97 or so - it was in a leather pouch then... but it could well have been the larger size as bob pointed out. I defer to bob in all instances of his own product info of course...
In the past, the pouches were genuine leather. In the early days of eBay I bought a set of 122mm Heliopan filters, and all came in (rather large) leather pouches. I would prefer hard plastic cases in the field, but I've never seen any bigger than B+W's 105mm.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
-Francis Bacon
Hi Andre,
It would be very interesting to see pictures of a scene taken with and without this filter.
Are you planning to use the filter for B&W or color photography?
// Atul
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