Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, There is a big advantage to filters on your lens in hot humid climates - keeps fungus off the front element. Therefore my lenses all have old filters on when stored - they get taken off for shooting! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 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. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > > > > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:21:41 -0400 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] WTB: IR/UV filters > > > > I don't use UV filters ever - except on the M8. That's a totally > different > > case. Those are UV/IR filters made especially to take care of the > magenta > > blacks that sometimes occur with the M8. The only time I use them with > the > > M8 is if I might be photographing somebody wearing black polyester. > Black > > wool is fine. Black silk is fine. Black polyester is magenta without > the > > special UV/IR filters. It affects a few other colors, too, in special > > circumstances. You don't need it if you're going to convert your photos > to > > B&W. > > > > Tina > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > >> There's a reason why pretty much no professional photographers including > >> Ted > >> use UV filters or maybe the own one and use it once a decade if they can > >> find where they put it (I have some somewhere).... > >> A tiny rock hits the filter and the filter shatters into a million ultra > >> sharp pieces your lens underneath is worse not better off. > >> How often does a thing like this happen? What if a rock like that hit > your > >> forehead or eye? Why stand there in the first place? > >> > >> --------------------nod > >> Mark William Rabiner > >> Photography > >> mark at rabinergroup.com > >> > >> > >>> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:09:15 +0200 > >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] WTB: IR/UV filters > >>> > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>> The UV filter world is BS. > >>> > >>> Two persons I know personally had problems with a lens recently. > >>> > >>> One - Ted knows him well - got a chip in the front element of an > >>> expensive piece of glass due to a stone projected while shooting a > race. > >>> He didn't have a filter. > >>> > >>> The second - Lluis met him last year - has a cat that caused the > >>> camera bag to fall on a tile floor. > >>> The filter he had on was smashed in the accident but preserved the > >>> front glass. > >>> > >>> Which do you like better? > >>> > >>> Philippe > >>> NO ARCHIVE > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >