[Leica] M8 type cover glass on a Full Frame body

[Paul Roark]

Yes, I'm afraid the Sulfur ii is definitely not aimed at the Leica M
market.

Paul

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Frank Verizon <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:

> The glass on the M8 is 0.8mm thick.  I'm forget where I found this data.
> The thinnest glass Kolari will put on a FF sensor is 1.0mm thick.
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
> On Nov 24, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is there any public information on whether an M8 type cover glass is
> available for full frame sensors?
>
> Where I'm going with this is that I actually prefer an extended red
> sensitivity for B&W work.  I'm an old Tech Pan film shooter, and I thought
> its rendering was closer to how I print landscapes than was standard B&W
> (or color) film.
>
> Given my style of shooting, what could be a step forward, at least in
> spectral sensitivity, might be an M8 type glass, but on a modern full frame
> camera -- Leica M or Sony a7r lines being the top contenders for me.
>
> While I'm a B&W printer mostly, I'd still rather have the M8 glass on a
> color sensor.  Filtering (including the "split channels" in Photoshop)  and
> selecting by color range is too important for me to switch to a Monochrome
> -- or so I think for now.
>
> (I have the question in to http://kolarivision.com/ also and will let
> people know if they answer.)
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
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