[Leica] M8 use filters or not

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Frank Filippone offered:
Subject: RE: [Leica] M8 use filters or not
>>> Don't pooh pooh the filters.  You need them if you are to be serious 
>>> about using your M8.<<<<

Frank good point. Certainly for those shooting colour!

However, I rarely if ever used an M for colour other than the odd occasion 
when the existing light was soooooo bad it was push whatever 400 slide film 
I had 2 stops and still only be able to shoot at f. 1.0. at 1/15th. If I was 
lucky. Black hole stuff! ;-)

So the chances of me shooting colour with an M8 are pretty slim at best. 
Although what I have shot in colour has blown me away.... sans filters of 
course.

Maybe again I've just been lucky where I was shooting, physical fitness 
community Centre, loads of daylight through windows and fluorescent 
lighting. It all looked beautiful. And the wild wild blue sun light of the 
noon hour day. Everything cool and beautiful.:-)

But my use of the M8 is predominantly for B&W as it was with all the M's 
before it. And in the future. So I've not had myself in a knot over the 
problems many of you lads have. IR filters? OK send 'em along just in case. 
But for B&W I don't think I'll need them? So far so good!

ted