[Leica] IMG: the new Elmar M 3.8 24mm very first impressions

[ken at iisaka.org (Ken Iisaka)]

Well, see if you can see that purple reflection at an angle.  Or, is there
an element that blocks IR?
Hmmmm....

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Geoff Hopkinson 
<hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>wrote:

> Got me, there IS a plane element at the front if you look at the lens
> diagrams that Erwin published! Erwin even calls attention to it as a
> filter.
> I need to find some nasty tungsten light and shoot some tests tonight.
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.
>
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> Ken Iisaka
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: the new Elmar M 3.8 24mm very first impressions
>
> Hmmm... interesting.
>
> Built-in UV/IR filter!?!?!?!?
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Geoff Hopkinson
> <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>wrote:
>
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ns/E24a.jpg.html
> >
> > Now here is something I found absolutely fascinating. What can you
> > identify about the first frame indoors of the two guys?
> >
> > Hint, there is NO UV/IR filter on the lens as yet. These have not been
> > corrected at all and use the new Adobe Standard profile for the M8.
> >
> > Very very interesting to me. This is the newest firmware by the way,
> > which identifies the lens correctly.
> >
>
>
>
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