[Leica] M8 UV/IR Filters

[msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)]

unless they change the imager, i don't that's part of m8

On 3/12/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> On 3/12/07 10:31 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> typed:
>
> > Leica is in the unenviable position of being heavily back ordered on 
> > almost
> > everything.  I had a chat with them at PMA: they were very happy about 
> > the
> > response to the new products but very upset that so much was not 
> > available
> > for weeks.  On the other hand, the folks over at the Zeiss booth were 
> > pretty
> > upbeat and will begin shipping the 21 F4.5 Biogon and the 18mm Distagon
> > around May.
> >
> > The hotfilters are somewhat of a problem, but different folks have them 
> > at
> > different times so perhaps spend a little money and get one or two key
> > filters for the lens(s) that your use most.
> >
> >
> But two issues someone says on the lug today the filters are coming out 
> free
> now from Leica.
> For me the other more critical issue is any day now we're going to hear
> about someone who's got one of the just made M8's. Not dry yet fresh out of
> the press.
> And they're going to be talking about how there are NO magenta issues.
> And who wants to buy his cut off filters? People will probably be giving
> them away some having paid big bucks some having paid nothing.
>
> Then the people who are shooting with the cameras with the cut off filters
> standing right next to the ones with newer cameras with no need of the
> filter are going to feel out of whack. Miffed. Ripped off.
> Not so great. And I forgot.
>
> Not to be a pain in the but but I'll place my order order when I start
> hearing the news about the cameras with the bugs gone.
> Debugged.
>
> Mark Rabiner
> 8A/109s
> New York, NY
>
> markrabiner.com
>
>
>
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