Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/03

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Subject: [Leica] Re: new M8 IR filter report
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Tue Apr 3 22:11:17 2007
References: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0704031220240.31164@mail.2alpha.com> <2DFDFCE7-CDCA-4C96-85FA-844AC63E2B80@ciudad.com.ar> <017501c77648$164ee2e0$42eca8a0$@net> <0AF582F2-4E91-4CE7-8408-9A614B0EE8F7@ciudad.com.ar>

I was not referring to the M8.... Simply putting anything in front of a lens 
cuts down on the quality of the lens itself.
And this was precisely what Erwin was stating.


Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net 


Frank,

Without the filters, image quality is actually worst than without the  
filters. The CCD is not designed to work in visible light without a  
near IR suppression of some sort




In reply to: Message from pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Re: new M8 IR filter report)
Message from eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi) ([Leica] Re: new M8 IR filter report)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Re: new M8 IR filter report)
Message from eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi) ([Leica] Re: new M8 IR filter report)