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Subject: [Leica] WTB: IR/UV filters
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:00:32 -0500
References: <C8A6F489.2CC8%mark@rabinergroup.com>

What you don't seem to understand Mark:

The filters used on the M8 are referred to as:
_______UV/IR filters__________
That's what is stamped on the filter.
That's what it says on the boxes.
That's what ya gotta get.
That's what the man is asking for.

The WTB is not for UV filters.
never was about UV filters.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
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On Sep 3, 2010, at 5:52 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> From what I can see, Tina the IR filters which work with the M8 represent 
>> a
> complex sophisticated filtering which cost a lot of money and are worth it;
> like you say.
> But the UV filter thing is a marketing scam. And there seems to be a 
> profile
> of people who are susceptible to it. The same people who've got you sitting
> on their sticky shiny plastic covered see through slip covered sofa's in 
> the
> summer so their expensive upholstery does not get worn. Your thighs become
> crazy glued to them. But hey their upholstery cost a lot of money!
> 
> Would the so called well healed serious amateurs care that pro photogs who
> have forgotten more about photography then they'll ever totally ever know 
> do
> and don't do? Heck no photography practice is not the issue. Its the buying
> and selling of gear. And these guys go through much more gear than the pros
> do in plenty of cases. We should just listen to THEM.



In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] WTB: IR/UV filters)