Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, that reflection is truly odd. I had read that you might get some point light source reflections but never expected anything so defined. I know you like to experiment. Will it do this with in fact any plane glass filter like a UV as well? I can see the obvious workarounds since IR is no issue in this circumstance or post processing, but this is an interesting phenomenon. Good luck with Santa and the new precious on Tuesday. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- Subject: [Leica] Lens reflections from IR cut filter - Mui Wo Ferry Pier Hello Luggers, Well my replacement M8 is in Hong Kong with Fedex, according to the tracking, but didn't get delivered on Saturday. Monday is a holiday (China's National Day) so I expect the camera will arrive on my doorstep on Tuesday. In the meantime, Schmidt has given me a loaner M8 and so I have been out on the streets again. Here is a picture of the Mui Wo ferry Pier, where the ferries come in from Hong Kong Island, taken with my newly coded 50mm Summilux Asph, wearing an IR cut filter. I know that conventional wisdom is that lenses longer than 35mm don't need to be coded, nor are IR cut filters really required, but I have decided to code and filter equip all my lenses - so that I don't have to think about switching lens detection on and off for Coding and IR filters. Besides I like to know the focal length in the EXIF data. One problem, however, with using IR Cut filters unnecessarily is unwanted reflections. Please see the attached photo of the Mui Wo ferry pier. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+Pix/ MuiWoFerryTerminalBWw.jpg.html http://tinyurl.com/29vhzk Cheers Howard (Hot but Happy in Honkers and waiting for Santa to come on Tuesday) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information