Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i raise a rueful hand. B+W and especially slim Heliopan UVs on all lenses, including noctilux, 75 lux, 35 luxen, et al. at one point, i did the "fred picker" test whereby in his exhortations to eschew filters, he advised us to run tests with both on and off. i personally could see no differences in the negatitves, so i've been filtered ever since. what might horrify some is my penchant for double-stacking helio NDs and #25 or #11 color filters to facilitate exposures under 1/1000 at F1.0. -rei On Nov19 15:00, Walt Johnson wrote: > Robert > > I thought I was the only one willing to admit putting cheap-assed > (B&W@40 bucks a pop) filters over my pristine Leica glass? It seems as > if there are more of us out there. Come on boys and girls! Its time to > open that closet door and jump out swinging. This does not include the > Leicaphiles sans filters who always have lens caps in their pockets. We > all know what they do to image quality. :-) > > Walt > > Robert Schneider wrote: > > >I have quality-destroying UV filters on all my lenses, Leica, Canon, > >Xpan, etc., so I am certainly not averse to another layer of glass on > >my optics. But telling photographers that they have to shell out > >$150 per filter for each M lens they own just to get their camera to > >work the way it is intended to work strikes me as grotesque. > > > >To me it's simple: If the camera's above-average infrared sensitivity > >is not documented in the M8 instruction manual, if the need for an > >infrared cutoff filter when photographing people wearing clothes is > >not documented in the M8 instruction manual, then the camera is, in > >fact, defective. It does not function as it was intended to function. > > > >I am astonished that many people who bought this camera are making > >excuses for Leica rather than storming the gates in Solms. A > >serious, EXPENSIVE, digital camera from any other manufacturer would > >have its users howling for blood, or at least a permanent, internal, > >non-half-assed fix. > > > >If the Canon D30 or EOS1d had come to market with imaging defects on > >the order of those in the Leica M8, I suspect that Canon might not be > >the alpha dog in the digital realm. > > > >IMO, YMMV, IOKIYAR, YYSSW, etc., etc. > > > >rs > > > >----------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey