[Leica] M8 and the WAR

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

>The kind of really smart and cool stuff we expect from Rollei usually.
>But I feel like to be correct we should not be referring to it as a
>"filter".
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>mark@rabinergroup.com
>Mark William Rabiner
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It's a filter. But it only works with one kind of film. That's why 
it's not such a smart idea. What works with Maco 820 doesn't work 
with HIE, or equivalent emulsions.



>
>>  From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
>>  Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>  Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:54:18 -0700
>>  To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>  Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 and the WAR
>>
>>>  Jim und David,
>>>
>>>  Let it be Known that the Rolleiflex Infra-Red filters have a "lens
>>>  correction"
>>>  built into them to compensate for IR focus shift.
>>>
>>>  BTW, I have a Leica E-39 size IR filter available, should anyone want 
>>> it.
>>>
>>>  Jerry
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  That's interesting.
>>
>>  I assume it's a slight diopter ground into the filter, to compensate
>>  for some specific IR wavelength (which any specific film may or may
>>  not be sensitive to).
>>
>>
>>  --
>>      *            Henning J. Wulff


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