Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hi Henning, Yes, I plan on doing some comparisons, if the weather ever clears up. ;-) Interesting about using WAs with the filters having the cyan problem. Especially when you need to use a WA for normal shots etc. They say the filter with the coding solves this, but my 35 Summilux is not on the list for coding. Something of a bummer. I also have a CV 35 Ultron, which I got one of the filters for and will try it in the next day or so. Gene -------------- Original message from Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>: -------------- > At 12:00 AM +0000 2/28/07, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > >Hi Alastair, > > > >Good to hear the replacement is working ok. I just got my UV/IR > >filters, that I ordered locally today. However since I have not > >seen the magenta effect that much, I'm wondering if I should just > >stuff them into the bag and wait for the need, or just put them on > >the lenses. They do have an interesting tint from the side, but > >from straight on no tint. I still find myself worrying about > >shooting to much 'Film', so have not fallen to the digital shoot > >wildly syndrome. ;-) I do need to shoot more though, If this > >weather will only clear up so I can go outside. But we are > >expecting another big storm starting sometime tomorrow. > > > >Gene > > Gene, you should just take a number of shots with and without the > filters. That's really the only way you'll see what they do. > > In my estimation when shooting colour, for 50% of the shots, and > that's including a lot of outdoors stuff, the filters are needed. > > Now I only need a simpler way to get rid of the cyan cast in the > corners with wide lenses. I haven't really gotten to grips yet with > the 12 CV; without the filter the colours are wrong but with the > filter it's hard to fix the cyan without introducing other errors. I > would hate to lose the use of this lens. > > As with other systems, I'm also finding that some lenses which work > well with film don't necessarily do so with the M8. I don't have any > Zeiss lenses, but the CV don't fare as well in some instances. More > trial is needed. > > With film, I usually ran some rolls through the camera with a new > lens to find out what it could do and what were its limitations, and > then didn't test anymore. With digital, I now have to do that all > again with all my lenses. It's fairly easy with digital and much more > immediate, but it still takes time. If I don't do it I can't predict > what the lens will do, or if I can trust it for certain things. The > filter thing is just one of them. This will also be easier once I get > all the filters in the next weeks. Shuffling my one 77mm filter > around to the various lenses of over 46mm thread is a pain. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information