Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Len: I didn't know about any other Nikon bodies except for those with the Kodak sensor. Unfortunate about the hoods. With any filter, I always like to use a hood to mitigate the filter induced flare. Jim Leonard Taupier wrote: > I think there was another Nikon body with the same problem, D2H ? I had > that body but never saw the problem. Right now I only have Tiffen > standard thickness filters. Prevents the 21mm and 24mm lens hoods from > clicking in. The Heliopan b&w filters I have are slim mount and fit > just fine. > > Len > > > On Jan 29, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote: > >> Len: >> >> Your photos show the same results that I got with the Kodak/Nikon >> DCS460... EXCEPT that with the DCS460, the photos taken without a hot >> mirror filter were not as off-color as yours is. >> >> I used Tiffen, B&W and Heliopan, depending on price. >> >> Jim >> >> Leonard Taupier wrote: >> >>> I have just posted two photos to my gallery. Both photos were shot >>> in my living room with tungsten lamps as the light source. The >>> photos are crops of much larger photos and are as shot, no >>> manipulation. They show the difference in color of an image with >>> and without a hot mirror filter. >>> Both photos were shot at ISO 1250, f2.8, 1/20sec, tungsten WB using >>> the old 28mm Elmarit. The hot mirror filter is a Tiffen. >>> This is without any filtering. >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8+Filter/ >>> Without_Filter.jpg.html> >>> http://tinyurl.com/2zetb6 >>> The second photo is with the hot mirror filter. I can tell you the >>> colors are dead on the money. >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8+Filter/ >>> With_filter.jpg.html> >>> http://tinyurl.com/yojjsl >>> Len >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >