Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yes, what kind of lenses are you planning to use? for wide, if coded and the camera is set to uv/ir on, it will do some correction on the cyan corners. but in general i always set the camera to uv/ir on and use ir filters, my tele lenses are not coded and all is fine. if you are shooting BW, none is needed On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Ken Lassiter <kenlass@gate.net> wrote: > I received my free UV-IR filters directly from Leica in Germany via Fed Ex > today. I read the little instruction sheet in each filter and it says, > "Leica 6-bit coded lenses are necessary for the use of this filter with the > Leica M8." > > I do not have any of my lenses coded yet. Should I use the filters or not? > In the menu, one cannot turn on using the UV-IR filter without turning on > lens detection. > > What has been the experience of LUGgers in using their UV-IR filters > without coded lenses? Good idea or not? > > Thanks for your advice... Ken Lassiter, Boynton Beach, FL > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad