[LRflex] Re: Ailments of the M*
- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:58:40 -0800
Amen, Tom. Well said.
Aram
>From: Thomas Schofield <tdschofield@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [LRflex] Re: Ailments of the M*
>Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:36:41 -0800 (PST)
>
>What gets me is how so many people are quick to
>delcare a product to be defective, flawed, etc., where
>a choice was made between two conflicting criteria --
>high perfomrance on WA lenses at the edges and
>corners, vs. increased IR sensitivity causing the
>occasional black/magenta cast. Since the latter is
>correctable in image production, and the former not, I
>for one would agree o the choice that was made.
>Particularly where IR sensitivity can sometimes be
>desireable. Can you imagine the tirades if an IR
>filter was preset causing corner/edge softness?
>
>Tom Schofield
>
>
>--- Tim Bedsted <Tim.Bedsted@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The DMR does have a thin IR filter in front of the
> > sensor, this is =
> > possible because of the much larger distance from
> > the last lens element =
> > and the sensor due to the space required for the
> > mirror.
> >
> > In the M series, some of the lenses have only a few
> > millimeters of =
> > clearance to the shutter curtain, so there really
> > wasn't space for the =
> > IR filter to be put in.
> >
>
>
>
>
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