Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am probably the most vocal to use IR filters + M8 all the time..... However, Erwin really was pretty careful in stating what the problem with any filter is..... that you lose something in the technical quality of your image.... reflections ( the example he so cleverly showed) or contrast...... or something else. So technically he is 100% right. Use the filter only when you must if you want 100% of the best you can get from the M8, or any camera for that matter. BUT...... there is a practical side too... one Erwin rarely makes comment on, since he is more into the technical side.... If you only use the filter when you must, this requires..... Putting the filter someplace, taking your image, chimping that image to see if there is a problem, finding where you put the filter, putting it on the lens, then retake the picture......then remove the filter and put it back into hiding. Proper? Yes. Practical.... not really. Use the filters, 100% of the time, and go take pictures. Or are you good enough ( rhetorical question aimed at precisely no one) that you personally are not the lowest common denominator in image quality? Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net Am I the only one to find Erwin's suggestion about not using the filters in general 'non-IR conditions' not that smart? I find consistently that the files I get with the filters on are sharper and with more colour accuracy that when not used, *just in almost any situation*. The exception being perhaps only under pure fluorescent illumination, when the IR contamination seems neglectible or nonexistant. Ed