Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Never keep detection on+UV/IR when using a coded lens without a filter. The M8 will correct for the cyan cast that is not there and give the photo a pink coloration. This is true of all lenses but probably more noticeable with the extreme wides. Nathan, you discovered this sooner then most. Good post. Len On Mar 4, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Although several people use the approach of simply leaving the M8 > set for lens detection on and UV/IR on, regardless of whether the > lens is actually coded and has the filter, I discovered that this > approach does not always work well. Saturday I took some pictures > in Valencia with my 18mm Zeiss. It is coded as the WATE, but I did > not have the filter on. The result was the mother of all colour > casts. Regarding coding vs. non-coding it probably does not matter, > but it certainly seems that at least with this particular lens, one > should tell the M8 the truth as to whether or not the UV/IR filter > is mounted. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information