Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]or just convert to B&W which most of us anyway Eric On 12/14/06, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Yes, so? So have others. It is a combination of issues... IR content in > the source, reflectivity of the cloth, the sensor. If > the issues do not align right ( or is that.. if the issues do not > align wrong....????) that it becomes obvious and/or also > unacceptable. > > You will go ahead and be happy,, then your (Gran-) Daughter, Ms. Peggy > Sue, will show up and you will take a picture of her in her > brand new ( 1st grade or HS) prom dress and the dress will have a magenta > cast...... Will you be happy then? You will say... but it > never happened before...... Not really true, but it ALWAYS happens. It is > the degree to which the issues line up ( no, not solar > flaring) that makes the result unacceptable. > > See Henning's response to this issue to get more or less the same > response, but he is a bit less conservative than I .... suggesting > the most likely place for a problem.... rather than my response which > leaves no chance for taking your camera out to Aunt Louise's > house and finding she wants pictures of her kids on a bright sunny day, > outdoors, in their Black Wool, and White Cotton shirts, and > you left your filter at home....... > > Get the dam$%^ filters for all your lenses and / or pressure Leica to put > the filter coating on the sensor glass plate. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > Frank, I shot a couple of pics with an M8 and 50/1.4 asph at a Leica days > event recently, not an upgraded camera, shot picture of my > wife 4 feet away wearing a solid black cloth coat, no evidence of any > magenta cast at all and no filter at all on the lens??? > > Scott > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >