[rollei_list] Re: Digital Advice
- From: Bob Adler <rgacpa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 09:32:40 -0700 (PDT)
Welllll, not quite so.
I do notice black, man-made fibers (i.e., clothes) turning magenta when not
using the IR cut filter. Both indoors and out.
HOWEVER!...
1. For landscape this makes absolutely no difference, so no filter required.
2. If I know I'm going to shoot people (which I usually know in advance), I
put the filter on (you get 2 free when you buy the camera), but only if I know
I might want color.
3. The camera is a marvel in BW, so I just don't feel a need for the filter.
When I shoot people without it and convert to BW, the images just POP! Lecia
glass mated to specially designed sensor = good stuff
So if you own glass you like (love in my case), buy the digital body to go with
it. If you don't give a hoot about your glass, start a new sytem one lens at a
time with whatever your budget can afford.
If you'd like to see some jpegs of the M8 images:
http://www.raflexions.com/Leica
All were taken w/o the IR cut filters...
Bob
Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com
----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:07:19 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Digital Advice
My friend Bob did just this. Since he had a lot of Leica M glass, he
bought an M8 body and loves it! A demo (never demo'ed) at slightly
over $4000. He doesn't use the cutoff filter and has had no trouble
with the non-black blacks. Not to say that under very specific
circumstances it wouldn't happen - he's not seen it yet. So basically,
it's not a problem.
Jim
On May 31, 2008, at 6:56 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> Peter I'm talking about adding to a system not starting a brand new
> one.
> For someone with a full set of Leica glass as I have a digital body
> being
> expensive is not a surprise and is cost effective.
> Not quite for me though its just a little buggy and though I might
> be able
> to swing it I could not swing for sure the M8.3 which does not rely on
> cutoff filters in front of every lens.
> ... And has Auto ISO.
> I would then have ten grand worth of cameras. One which worked as I
> liked it
> too. And that's not my price bracket.
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