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Originally Posted by pascal_meheut
- the IR filter will be the solution and they even had a B+W 486 on a 28mm to demonstrate it. But the final filters will be labelled "Leica" and may or may not be B+W.
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Which 28? the little one takes an E39, and no one has reported finding the B&W 486 in that size. The larger filter for the 28/2.0 is apparently available (or was).
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- the reason the filter cannot be in front of the sensor is that an interferential filter cannot be coated to avoid reflection. If not, the sensor reflects too much light creating flare. If the filter is not interferential, it consumes light and has a bad impact on optical quality. I'm just repeating what I understood so don't shoot if I got something wrong
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They had this configuration in the DMR. The cover glass had one IR filter surface layer and one anti-reflection layer. Let's assume that they know the problem would get worse in the M8. The cover glass in the M8's chip is a thin sheet of greenish glass that doesn't cut out IR, and does muck up the reds a bit. But, thanks God, no flare since it has two antireflective surfaces! And it doesn't need "cyan vignetting" correction (which they apparently were doing quietly in the DMR and doing it well).
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- filters will be available end of November or beginning of December. A commercial gesture is still being considered
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Here's where we should whoop up a storm for those commercial gestures! Personally, I'd like to see the filter come FREE with each newly purchased coded lens, and rebated or discounted when you can show that you own an existing Leica lens.
Good information,
thanks,
scott