Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] M9 Internal IR-Cut filter make the camera fragile to use?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:08:32 +0530
References: <3cad89990912190519m679a6e0ata667b3bd6751321d@mail.gmail.com> <C75274F4.5A9B9%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark,
He is a really a very respected authority on all things Nikon.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at 
rabinergroup.com>wrote:

> > Thom Hogan says that the 18mm and 21mm show colour shift:
> >
> > *Leica*: quite a refreshing story, actually. They listened to M8
> customers.
> > They looked for exploitable niches. They partnered with other companies
> > (Kodak and Adobe, for example) to provide things that they couldn't do on
> > their own (sound a bit like ASML in the *Economist* story?). I'll bet
> that
> > they can't build enough M9, X1, or S2 cameras to meet demand in 2010.
> They
> > still have issues they need to correct, though. Too many M mount lenses
> > still provoke red/blue shifts across the frame due to the thickness of
> the
> > infrared block filter. That keeps too many people from stepping over to
> the
> > M9, I think. For example, I might consider an M9 with an 18mm or 21mm
> lens
> > for landscapes, especially those I have to do long hikes to. But these
> > lenses absolutely seem to provoke the side-to-side color issues, so my
> > interest is immediately weakened.
> >
> > See the whole article at:
> >
> > http://www.bythom.com/2010predictions.htm
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> I'd like to know how the introduction of the D3000/D300s/D3s could put
> nikon
> in the "falling" category. What that could possible mean -
> And why that's not ridiculous BS!
> - and how this guy could possibly be in the position to really know.
>
> These bloggers get really very full of themselves and loose all perspective
> as to what their earthly powers really entail.
>
> Leica IS ON A ROLL baby!
> As is Nikon!
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] M9 Internal IR-Cut filter make the camera fragile to use?)
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