Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/17

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Subject: [Leica] Working with the M8
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Sat Feb 17 14:56:46 2007
References: <9b678e0702170514m69f8b9f4m76ab350f198961c4@mail.gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20070217121654.025512a8@infoave.net> <1D6941A4-5D9B-4E4E-8647-CE88F58A5C28@earthlink.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20070217170929.03cfa130@mail.infoave.net>

On Feb 17, 2007, at 2:12 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> At 03:05 PM 2/17/2007, you wrote:
>> Tina, do you mean the anti-aliasing filter?
>>
>> Doug Herr
>
> Yes, isn't that the same thing that they are saying the lack of  
> causes the magenta shift in polyester clothes, etc?  I guess that's  
> what I mean ;-)  Other digital cameras have the anti-aliasing  
> filter to prevent that with a resulting loss of sharpness that but  
> Leica decided to leave it out for sharper results straight from the  
> camera.  Right?  Or do I have that confused?

It's a weak infrared filter that's causing the magenta.  The AA  
filter is a completely different critter: it does result in softer  
images while acting to prevent moire.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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